March 1, 2007
UK Minicab Drivers
A report from the United Kingdom tells of two recent instances of Muslim cab drivers refusing seeing-eye dogs into their cars and being fined.
Jane Vernon, 39, a legal officer for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, appeared on the BBC's News 24 program and the BBC-contracted car was to take her home. But minicab driver Abdul Rasheed Majekodumni said she could not get into his car with the dog because his religion considers dogs "unclean." Majekodumni's actions landed him in Marylebone court, where he was fined £200 and ordered to pay another £1,200 for failing to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act. Even after the verdict, Majekodumni, in the words of the Daily Mail, "remained defiant and insisted that he would continue refusing passengers accompanied by guide dogs."
Bernie Reddington, 37, tried to get a ride home from a hospital appointment at Great Ormond Street but driver Basir Miah refused, calling her dog "dirty." The magistrates court at Horseferry found him guilty of breaching the terms of his license, fining him £150 plus £250 compensation.
http://minicabnews.the-cabby.com/26/uk-minicab-drivers/
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