CONSERVATIVE HERO
04-28-2007, 02:35 AM
Airport adds foot basins for Muslim cabbies (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55417)
<!-- end head --><!-- deck -->Police worry about Kansas City 'catering' to Islamic rituals
<!-- end deck --><HR SIZE=1>Posted: April 28, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
The Kansas City (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55417#) International Airport has added several foot-washing basins in restrooms to accommodate a growing number of Muslim taxicab drivers who requested the facilities to prepare for daily Islamic prayer, WND has learned.
The move concerns airport police who worry about Middle Eastern men loitering inside the building. After 9/11, the airport beefed up its police force to help prevent terrorist attacks.
"Why are we constructing places of worship for them inside our airports?" said an airport official who requested anonymity. "Why are we catering to their rituals? We don't do it for any other religion."
Other major airports also are dealing with increased demands from Muslim cabdrivers. .....
<!-- end head --><!-- deck -->Police worry about Kansas City 'catering' to Islamic rituals
<!-- end deck --><HR SIZE=1>Posted: April 28, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
The Kansas City (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55417#) International Airport has added several foot-washing basins in restrooms to accommodate a growing number of Muslim taxicab drivers who requested the facilities to prepare for daily Islamic prayer, WND has learned.
The move concerns airport police who worry about Middle Eastern men loitering inside the building. After 9/11, the airport beefed up its police force to help prevent terrorist attacks.
"Why are we constructing places of worship for them inside our airports?" said an airport official who requested anonymity. "Why are we catering to their rituals? We don't do it for any other religion."
Other major airports also are dealing with increased demands from Muslim cabdrivers. .....