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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014704.php
January 05, 2007
CAIR monitors airport treatment of Muslims
The Council on American Islamic Relations continues its campaign to stigmatize all scrutiny of Muslims in airports as discrimination. From UPI, with thanks to Web:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. Muslim organization said Thursday it was monitoring the treatment of American Muslims returning from the hajj pilgrimage.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it would be organizing interviews with American Muslims who were coming home from the annual pilgrimage to Mecca "to spot-check their treatment by airport security personnel and border protection authorities."
CAIR said an estimated 10,000-15,000 American Muslims went on the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year. The group set up a toll-free hotline for travelers who felt that their civil rights had been ignored or over-riden.
Posted by Robert at January 5, 2007 04:47 PM
http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=4&id=9535
Updated: January 5th, 2007 01:03 PM PDT
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"Twin Cities Airport Considers Rule that Could Sideline Some Muslim Cabbies"
The Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Last year, the airports commission received a fatwa, or religious edict, from the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society saying "Islamic jurisprudence" prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol, "because it involves cooperating in sin according to Islam."
In the Quran, Muslims are barred from consuming intoxicants - generally understood as alcohol, though the prohibition also extends to narcotics. Devout Muslims interpret the ban to include carrying, buying or selling alcohol. Additionally, dogs are considered unclean and Muslims are required to repeat their ablutions if come into contact with them before praying.
Given the religious concerns, Hassan Mohamud, an imam and director of the Islamic Law Institute at the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, said he would ask airport officials to reconsider."