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Originally Posted by Lucky boy

Okay Bleeding, I will bite and respond to your arguments



I am pretty sure that muslims try to stay as far from alcohol as they possibly can. A muslim man I work with was holding a small house party and had invited several guests. One of the guests had brought a bottle of wine as a gift, obviously not knowing that islam prohibits alcohol. The muslim was clearly very uncomfortable when the guest tried to hand him the bottle of wine. He politely refused the gift and asked his guest to place the wine on the nearest coffee table to the door. At the end of the night, he politely asked his guest to take the bottle of wine with him. Not once did he touch the bottle, not even to move it from one spot to another.

I am pretty sure islam prohibits muslims from going to areas where alcohol is being consumed, as well as any form of physical handling of the alcohol as well.

I think the article is a little overblown. I highly doubt cabbies ask all their passengers to open up their suitcases and start searching for alcohol. I would think it is more along the lines were the cabbie can visibly see the alcohol, possibly in a duty free bag, and immediately feel uncomfortable having it in his car.

Personally i think its silly for muslim cabbies to not give rides to people who have alcohol with them. Almost any line of work in any non-muslim society will probably have some sort of contradiction to some of the practices of Islam. It is part of the package that comes with living in a country that is different from your own.

I am pretty shocked with the reaction on this board to a silly issue like this. This isn't the end of the world. Muslim cabbies are not going to start rulling NA because they don't want to give rides to people with alcohol. Is this topic really worth 12 pages?



This is quite the misinterpretation. From the same page where you copied that verse from, it quite cleary explains that God "warns the muslims of the danger which brought the downfall of the jewish nation". This danger is as explained in the verse as those who read the books of God but do not observe its teachings. God compares those types of peoples to donkeys carrying books. This verse is not meant for only Jews, it is a stern reminder to Jews, Christians and Muslims to make sure they read the books of God and follow its teachings.

I am not overly interested in entering a religous debate with you Bleeding Red, but I am concerned that you threw in the "Muslims descriminate against Jews" card into the circle when not once in the article was there any mention of anything to do with Jewish people. Not only that, but you tried to make it sound as if the Quran commands muslims to descriminate against the Jews. I hope you don't answer to this post with quotes of anything to do with muslims vs jews, as it has nothing to do with the article at hand and I will not respond to it.

I would also like to ask people to stop quoting Jolinar, I really don't need to read his posts.

He was drawing a comparison....and quite frankly I think the west has reason to be concerned about Muslims...today.
World Conflicts today have a high percentage of Muslims involved...
Muslims vs. Jews in "Palestine," Muslims vs. Hindus in Kashmir, Muslims vs. Christians in Africa, Muslims vs. Buddhists in Thailand, Muslims vs. Russians in the Caucasus, etc...but yes its not directly linked to the Cabbies question or concern at hand. The fact is Muslims are in conflict with Jews and many others.
Islam is portrayed as a peaceful and tolerant religion, yet continually finds itself immersed in terrorism and violent issues due to its intolerance....and thats where the comparison is made with the cabbie situation.