Would customers be allowed to refuse Muslim cab?

Submitted by DZ (Canada), Sep 25, 2010 at 22:19

First of all, to Muslim cab drivers trying to impose their beliefs on airline passengers, the only answer can be no. They should lose their cab license for refusing to pick up anyone who is not breaking any local laws. Shari is not part of any Western legal system, and can never be. It is incompatible and we need to tell Muslims they will never get the right to discriminate against us with their Sharia laws.

2nd, governments around the world are imposing stiff penalties on drunk driving - even confiscating your license and your car in some places, for having as little as .008 blood alcohol. These governments are suggesting to 'take a cab' instead of driving after a night out. This has not been fully thought out, as people are learning when they try to drunkenly get a cab when the bars close. Cab after cab will drive right past you. You can see them looking at your eyes, so it's not like they haven't seen you. They just don't feel like picking you up, possibly because they know you've been drinking.

Or, this may have less to do with alcohol than racism. There is a serious problem between black people and cab drivers, who are predominantly Muslim. Whether a black person is drunk or completely sober, his chances of getting a cab any time of day are next to impossible. Standing there politely, wearing a suit, waving arms frantically, jumping in front of the cab, waving money in the air - nothing works. When one stops in front of you because of traffic or a red light, they turn away and pretend not to see you. You're pressed up against the window with money in your hand, and they pretend not to see you. If you ask them why, they have 2 excuses: "It's the end of my shift" (even at the busiest time of their day) and "I can only go West (if you're trying to go East) or "I can only go West (if you're heading Eastbound). Then they'll pick up somebody who isn't black, a little bit further down the street.

If Muslims are going to have some kind of marker indicating they follow Sharia law, as suggested in the article, and if they are allowed to do that, then I demand the right to refuse such cabs and send them to the back of the line.

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