Thanks, Marie. Does anyone have a copy of the fatwa, or the alternative interpretations?
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Marie A. Failinger < mfailin...@gw.hamline.edu> wrote: > Here is what I have learned about the Minneapolis cab controversy. > According to the civil rights leader I spoke with, the controversy started > because of the fatwa referred to below. After it came out and cabdrivers > began to follow it, other imams in the Twin Cities came out with opinions > indicating that it was not forbidden to carry passengers with > alcohol. (Sounds like a federal court split-in-circuits type dustup:) > Most of the cab drivers followed the other imams' opinions and kept > working under the MAC "must carry" rules. The leader said that she had not > recently heard anything regarding the legal action. > > > Marie A. Failinger > > Professor of Law > Editor, Journal of Law and Religion > Hamline University School of Law > 1536 Hewitt Avenue > Saint Paul, MN 55104 U.S.A. > 651-523-2124 (work phone) > 651-523-2236 (work fax) > mfailin...@hamline.edu (email) > > > >>> "Marie A. Failinger" <mfailin...@gw.hamline.edu> 3/8/2012 9:17 AM >>> > Marty, the fatwa is described in the following Star Tribune article, > http://www.startribune.com/local/11586646.html (which also reports one > local well-respected imam's opinion that carrying a disability service dog > should not pose a problem for Muslim cabdrivers.) > > Marie A. Failinger > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. >
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