{"id":921,"date":"2008-09-09T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T16:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/09\/muslim-cabbies-lose-round-in-c.php"},"modified":"2008-09-09T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T16:20:13","slug":"muslim-cabbies-lose-round-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/09\/muslim-cabbies-lose-round-in-c","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Cabbies Lose Round in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press<\/strong><br \/>\nSt. Paul, Minnesota &#8211; Muslim cab drivers whose religious beliefs go against driving passengers who carry alcohol have lost another round in court.<br \/>\nThe Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday against the cab drivers&#8217; attempt to block penalties for refusing service.<br \/>\nAn ordinance adopted by the Metropolitan Airports Commission last year revokes a cab driver&#8217;s license for 30 days for refusing a fare at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. A second refusal brings a two-year revocation.<br \/>\nA large share of the cabbies who serve the airport are Somali Muslims, and many of them believe that Islamic law prohibits them from giving rides to people carrying alcohol. Since the commission began keeping track in 2002, there have been over 5,200 recorded instances of cabbies refusing service to passengers at the airport, including a &#8220;significant percentage&#8221; of passengers carrying alcohol, which is sometimes visible through bags or in wine boxes, the appeals court noted.<br \/>\nThe issue had simmered for several years before the commission decided the penalties were needed to ensure that customers would get reliable taxi service at the airport, and that compromises proposed by the drivers were impractical.<br \/>\nThe drivers, who say the airport rules infringe on their religious freedom, appealed a lower court&#8217;s refusal to grant a temporary injunction blocking those penalties from taking effect.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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