Muslim Taxi Drivers in MN

Author: FRED DE SAM LAZARO Source: News Hour, PBS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june07/clash_05-18.html Almost 50,000 of the growing immigrant population in Minneapolis and St. Paul are Somali Muslims, who have been arriving steadily...

Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: Reuters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/16/AR20070… Muslim cab drivers at Minnesota's biggest airport will face new penalties including a two-year revocation of their taxi...

Author: Stephanie Simon Source: Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/business/la-na-somali27mar27,0,5248745,full.stor… MINNEAPOLIS — "GET OVER IT," urged the posting on an online bulletin board, "you are in America act like an...

Author: Richard Meryhew and Pamela Miller Source: Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1058473.html A controversial national Islamic civil liberties organization has revived its Minnesota chapter after a series of highly publicized incidents...

Author: LEONARD PITTS JR. Source: Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4487008.html OK, let's say you fly into Minneapolis-St. Paul. Let's say you're carrying alcohol - rum from the Caribbean, a merlot you found in Napa Valley. Let's...

Author: Mike Ghouse Source: The American Muslim http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/service_not_reli… The passengers traveling to St.Paul/Minneapolis International airport are in for a rude...

Source: The New York Times Wire Service: AP http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/us/01taxi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=… On October 1, 2006 the Associated Press reported, "Hundreds of Muslim cabdrivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport may...

Source: Star Tribune On December 2, 2000, the Star Tribune reportedthat "Muslim cabdrivers who object to transporting alcohol for religiousreasons complain they are being forced to choose between their faith andtheir livelihoods at the Minneapolis-St...