[Bleeding Red]

Originally Posted by Red Mile Style

I have no idea if it is against their religion to refuse scantily clad women or someone who just ate a porkchop. But if it was against their religion, I don't think it would be appropriate for society to force them to do it.

Then society should not force the Aryan Church member to drive blacks or Jews or Muslims as it is against their religion. That is how I see that logic working out. BUT - rather than harp on it, we should find out what the actual religious law is. According to an Imam is a Muslim not allowed to be in the company with non-believer's who carry alcahol? OR, are they just prohibited from taking part in drinking alcahol? I think that they are prohibited from being alone in an enclosed space with a scantily clad woman. But someone should confirm these things with a Muslim religious leader.

Why should a particular cab driver be repremanded for following his/her religious beliefs? I see this as forcing these drivers to compromise their belief systems to make ends meet. If they are waiting hours to get a fare that is morally incomprehensible, can not take the fare, goes back in line and it happens again, and again... would you prefer if these people just quit their jobs and collected welfare? I do not see a problem with making the lives of these drivers easier and more fair and just allowing them to provide a decent earning. It's not an issue of giving these drivers an upper hand, it's about levelling out the playing field. What is the difference if these drivers had the oppurtunity to get back into line because they couldn't take a particular customer? Who gives a ****, really?

I would think that the Woman standing in the rain with an unopened bottle of wine that she is taking to a dinner party who has been left at the curb by a Muslim cabdriver would give a *****.

The point here is not "if Muslim cab drivers don't like it, then quit". The point is should there be one rule of law for Muslims and another rule of law for everybody else? Ask yourself - if a white cab driver refuses to pick up a Muslim passanger out of fear to his personal safety should that driver be allowed to just skip that fare and take the next fare without having to go to the back of the line?

As far as I'm concerned, these cab drivers are respecting the lifestyles of other individuals - they are not forcing them not to consume alcohol, or trying to make them change their ways - they are simply following what they believe is right. However the reverse is not true, people who drink are trying to make Muslims change their religious practices

Only if the Muslim law calls for that individual to not be in an enclosed space with a non-believer who is carrying alcahol, which I do not think is the case, therefore that person does have to take a serious look at their chosen job. This person probably would not apply for a job in a liqour store.

No one is forcing them to drink alcahol. No one is forcing them to miss their allotted prayer time. No one is forcing them to work on religious holidays.
The people who are carrying unopened bottles of liquor probably just want to get to where they are going - not bring about fundamental religous change to a whole segment of the population.