MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Now that a few Muslim cab drivers have been given an inch, others will follow suit by looking for that extra mile. As we’ve seen elsewhere, we can soon expect to hear about other devout believers demanding the right to refuse service to passengers with dogs, or carrying alcohol in their luggage (or wearing yarmulkes, or “immodest” women).  And all for “peaceful purposes” which, in the words of one airport spokesman, translates into a “good relationship with ground transportation providers” …

SFGate – “Here’s a sign of the changing times — Muslim cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to wash their hands and feet before they pray.

Under Islamic law, Muslims are required to pray five times a day — a ritual that also calls for a ceremonial cleansing.

For many cab drivers, that’s meant either lugging bottled water around or using one of the bathrooms inside the terminal to wash — a practice not always welcomed by airport passengers.

So Royal Cab driver Hasan Khan, 52, a Pakistani immigrant, collected some 300 signatures from fellow cabbies, urging the airport to give them their own cleansing station.

Airport brass obliged — and the wash equipment was installed on the ground floor of the main garage, right next to where the drivers congregate for their breaks.

‘The way we look at it…this was in the interest of maintaining a good relationship with ground transportation providers,’ says airport spokesman Doug Yakel.

As for using public resources?

Yakel says the costs were nominal, with the work done by in-house plumbers.” Read more.

Flashback: Islam and Taxis

• UK Epidemic: Muslim Taxi Drivers Raping British Girls & Women
• Egypt: Fatwa Bans Muslim Taxi, Bus Drivers From Driving Christian Leaders To Churches
• US: Muslim Cab Drivers Imposing Sharia Law In America, Refuse Passengers With Alcohol
• Canada: City Of Toronto Bows To Allah, Allows Muslim Cab Drivers The Freedom To Discriminate Against Certain Passengers