[conservative pundit asks:]
Flying Imams revisited: Part of greater Islamic strategy?
renewamerica.us - Washington,DC,USAhttp://www.renewamerica.us/columns/zieve/070430
Sher Zieve
April 30, 2007

Were the antics of the six Flying Imams merely additional tactics in the
Islamic overall strategy of installing Shari'a law in the USA? It would
appear so, according to some self-avowed moderate Muslims and the results
of
other recently exhibited actions by US Islamists and their followers. Let's
take a look.

With regards to Minneapolis Airport's Muslim cab drivers, in 2006 the
Muslim
American Society of Minneapolis (MAS) issued a "fatwa" (religious edict) to
the Minneapolis Airport Commission (MAC). The fatwa advised MAC that
Islamic
law prohibits Muslims from being around the sin of alcohol and Muslim
cabbies refused to transport any passenger fares who had packed sealed
alcoholic products in their luggage. Other Muslim taxi drivers at the
airport also refused to transport passengers with dogs - including guide
dogs. Muslims consider not only pork to be unclean but, dogs also. After a
great deal of foot-dragging and stalling, MAC finally voted on the Muslim
cabbies' demands, in April. With a unanimous 11-0 vote, Minneapolis Airport
commissioners agreed to suspend airport taxi drivers who refuse fares. The
first offense will carry a 30-day suspension and repeat offenses will
result
in 2-year taxi license revocations. Note: This is highly unusual, as lately
all too many Muslim demands have been met with submission to them.

One of these recent submissions to Islam involves a Minneapolis Target
store. Muslim Target checkers refuse to scan any pork products. Due to the
recent Muslim cab driver flap, one can only assume this
refusal-to-touch-or-scan also applies to any products containing alcohol.
Instead of advising the Target Muslim checkers that scanning pork is part
of
their jobs, Target accommodated their demands. The retail giant has either
transferred the Muslims to other duties or a non-Muslim employee is called
to scan the items. Question: Are Jewish Target employees afforded the same
treatment, when they must handle pork? The answer is, of course, no.
Singular privilege applies only to Muslims.

Another surrender to Muslims' demands was recently announced by Minneapolis
Community & Technical College. In what appears to be a direct violation of
the US Supreme Court's Justice Black 1947 interpretation of "separation of
church and state," the college has allocated tax-payer funds to build on
campus foot washing basins for Muslims preparing for prayer. The school is
also said to be involved in negotiations with Minneapolis' Muslim leaders
to, also, establish an on-campus Muslim prayer room. Of note is that
Christian symbols and celebrations are banned on this campus but, the
Islamic Muslim religion is now embraced and given - yet again - "special
privileges." Separation of "mosque and state" does not apply.

Questions: Does anyone see a developed pattern of capitulation to Islam in
the state of Minnesota? Will Minnesota cities, as have already been
implemented in Michigan cities, soon have calls to Islamic prayer broadcast
to their citizens?
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