Muslim Fatwa Against U.S. Airports

By now, most people have likely heard about the conflict at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport regarding Muslim taxi drivers being forced to discriminate against passengers carrying alcohol. The taxi drivers are largely Somali Muslim immigrants who, historically, have no qualms about transporting passengers with alcohol. As an example, driver Faysal Omar stated, "Back in Somalia, there was never any problem with taking alcohol in a taxi."

The issue, however, is being foisted on the Somali drivers by the Muslim American Society (MAS), a daughter group of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. Together, the organizations are attempting to "hijack the Somali community for their Middle East agenda" which, by the way, is a global caliphate.

The Muslim American Society, Minnesota Chapter, Fatwa Department, has been so bold in heating the controversy that now a religious edict, a fatwa (dtd. June 6, 2006), has been issued which states that "Islamic jurisprudence prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol, because it involves cooperating in sin according to the Islam." That, of course, is the Arab Muslim interpretation, not the African Muslim interpretation followed by the Somali immigrants.

[As an aside, it's noteworthy that Islam has significant difficulty in maintaining consistency among interpretations of the Qu'ran. There are literally thousands of Muslim leaders and scholars who can translate, interpret, issue fatwas and make declarations about Islam and they frequently don't agree. Among a caravan of examples, on the issue of marriages of convenience, it's documented that:

Fatwa follows fatwa on the matter, some saying they are lawful, some saying they aren't.

Consequently, true believers are left with pages of confusing words yet little or no clear guidance. Not only that, but the fatwas sometimes come from Muslim leaders whose only credential is the fact that they said they were Muslim leaders. From what I've read and seen and without too much reservation, I'd speculate it's easier to become a Muslim leader than it is to get a taxi driver's license.

As a result, imagine my lack of surprise on learning that the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, senior Muslim leaders for sure, issued a fatwa banning the letter "X" in Saudi Arabia. Apparently, it looks too much like a cross. Of course, their fatwa may be followed with another which bans the plus sign (+) because that too might resemble a cross. Think of the fun if the Saudis had to prohibit addition while calculating their oil profits.]

Back to the other subject, the hierarchy of the Muslim American Society is prohibiting Somali taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol even though the drivers themselves don't agree. But, since the Somalis are a poor immigrant community feeling powerless, they comply. Driver Jama Dirie expressed his frustration by stating, "If a driver doesn't pick up everyone, he should get his license canceled and get kicked out of the airport." How could anyone who believes in free enterprise disagree with that logic?

All in all, the episode at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport is not over and it will likely become more troubling as Sharia jockeys aggressively wedge Islamic theocracy into American democracy at every opportunity. Political correctness has set the table for them.

Tip: Right Truth, In The Bullpen