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Originally Posted by ken0042
Because as Cheese posted in the following link, most Muslims do not believe these few drivers are followin their religion: The drivers, whose beliefs are not shared by most Muslims, say the airport should accommodate a deeply held religious tenet.
And others have indicated from their own anicdotal accounts, what these drivers are asking does not follow how most Muslims act. I myself have a couple of Muslim friends who do drink, but most do not. Of those who don't I can't think of a single one who hasn't at one point or another bought me a drink; either while out for dinner, or one example when I went over to a buddy's house to watch a hockey game he made sure he had beer in the fridge for me.
If this belief was shared by most Muslims, I don't think we would see what many of us consider a disproportionate number of Muslim cab drivers; because dealing with those who consume alcohol is part of a cab driver's daily job. |
I'm sorry ken, I can not hear you over YOUR BLATENT CHEERING OF THE LIONS!!!
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Ah, just joking. You bring up a good point Ken, not all Muslims believe this way, or interpret the passages the same. One of my good friends is Muslim and we've actually gone drinking on a number of occasions. I mean, it's a pretty diverse religion, just like Christianity and it's many denominations. So just like you can not categorize all Muslims as extremists, it would be foolish to believe they all believe they can not take customers with alcohol. Unfortunately, there are some (albeit, not all) Muslims that believe it is against their religion. I do not see a problem with accomodating their religious beliefs.
The point of the large percentage of Muslim taxi drivers has been brought up, and I don't know anything about this, but what I do know is if people start throwing out the argument "just find another job" or "if you're Muslim, don't take a cab job" - the repercussions to the industry, by this rationale, would definately be devestated by such actions.