What Has Islam Got Against The Blind?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3673685/Muslim-taxi-driver-refuses-disabled-passenger-guide-dog-s-against-religion.html

[atalanta]

I have actually read the Koran, not long ago, and as far as I recall, there is no mention of anyone being defiled by dogs. Unless you eat them, maybe.

[anotheoldgit]

/// If it is a sensitive issue with regard to Muslims then they should be barred from plying for hire in this country if they will not integrate or conform. ///

I hope that they don't integrate or conform. they don't yet charge extra over the Christmas period. :0)

[hc4361]

Try getting a cab during Eid, though :D

[Mamyalynne]

True, you do need to be aware of the relevant dates and pre book in some cases - well it's what I do anyway.

[Mamyalynne]

No extra charges here at Christmas/New Year for quite a long time - competition is too fierce.

One firm dropped the extra and all the others followed rapidly.

[EDDIE51]

Taxis are compelled by law to take guide dogs and other assistance dogs.
They can not charge extra.So this driver has quite rightly been sacked.
Nothing to do with Islam, it would be the same if the driver had a phobia against dogs and refused to take a guide dog. Moral of the story is, if you are not prepared to accept a guide dog do not get a job as a taxi driver!

[douglas9401]

Easy tiger, the 'extra' is a weighting for the festive season, nowt to do with dogs.

[hc4361]

Eddie, taxi drivers can get medical certificates exempting them from carrying dogs, even assistance dogs, if they suffer allergies. I would be interested to know if a phobia of dogs would also qualify for the certificate.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes Eddie we sorted the legal aspect out on page one - AOG mentioned extra charges at Christmas.

[vetuste_ennemi]

No, Atalanta, the view of dogs as unclean (see Najis in Wiki) is based on the sayings of Mohammed (the Hadith). The main schools of Islamic law all teach that dogs should not be kept as pets.

If you want to see the arguments for this position (and an amusing example of Sharia micro-management) here's a fatwa by a Salafi legal expert: https://islamqa.info/en/377.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I was replying to this comment by Atalanta:

"as far as I recall, there is no mention [in the Koran] of anyone being defiled by dogs."

[mushroom25]

//I have actually read the Koran, not long ago, and as far as I recall, there is no mention of anyone being defiled by dogs.//

that's right. the question of dogs is raised not in the koran, but in a hadith, or saying of the prophet. so far as islam is concerned, a hadith is practically the word of god delivered in the first person.

[retrocop]

Douglas
He refused a Labrador guide dog not an Aberdeen Angus steer. Pay up. He was in the wrong. Guide dogs for the Blind would accept your Highland groats!

[retrocop]

Actually I hear that the Labbie refused to get in the cab. He barked, I

[wolf63]

How do blind Muslim's get around then?

There is such a thing as a guide-pony. It might just be a US idea.

[anneasquith]

Mountain out of a molehill as usual , I would not be surprised if the taxi driver in question was just very scared of dogs ( lots of people are ) but has been sacked, so everyone should be happy.

[retrocop]

Blasted IPhone
The Labrador barked," I smell an unlicensed cab, not insured for Hire and Reward and probably not plated and tested by the PCO. I am not a cat and cherish my life. As I am a blind dog I have no prejudice and advise my owner to get a black cab. I am here to serve and assist."

[Peter Pedant]

I think it is the darg ....

// Dogs are obviously not against their religion,//

erm yes Grom Grom - there is a saying ( hadith ) the prophet ( PBUH) would not go into a house where a dog dwelt ....

but it is against the current UK law- and I dont think a defence is "I am excused from this legislation by reason of my religion"

[Peter Pedant]

// As I am a blind dog I have no prejudice and advise my owner to get a black cab.//

big probz with black cabs in manchester
I think they have all been relicensed ( or something )
they had a habit of rippng off drunk christians ( of which I was but one )

[EDDIE51]

Ripping off drunks on a Saturday night is par for the course around here.
I had to rescue my son from Cambridge at 2,30 am last Sunday when the taxi firm wanted £65 for a 12 mile ride!