About three-quarters of the 900 taxi drivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are Somalis, many of them Muslim. About three times daily, would-be customers are refused taxi service when a driver sees they’re carrying alcohol.
Now the airports commission has a solution: color-coding the lights on the taxi roofs to indicate whether a driver will accept a booze-toting fare. The actual colors haven’t been decided on yet, but commission officials met Thursday with representatives of the taxi drivers and the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society to continue working on the plan.
The airports commission has struggled with the issue for several years. Alcohol is a serious concern for devout Muslims, said Hassan Mohamud, an imam and vice president of the society. The Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, strictly forbids buying, selling, drinking or carrying alcohol.
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Typisk politisk korrekthed: Sæt farvekode på taxaerne, så du kan se, hvem der vil køre med dig! Min ide er bedre: Fyr hele bundtet eller boykot dem, hvis de ikke vil leve op til deres forpligtigelse som taxachauffør. Ellers burde de måske køre i Islamabad istedet.