May 24, 2007

Australia: Muslim taxi drivers refuse to carry blind passengers with seeing-eye dogs

More taxi Sharia, this time Down Under. "Taxi drivers refusing to carry blind passengers," by Heath Aston for The Daily Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in:

TAXI drivers regularly refuse to carry blind passengers with guide dogs - including Australia's Human Rights Commissioner - with many citing religious reasons, or other excuses like allergies.

Human Rights and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, who is blind and reliant on his guide dog Jordie, is a regular Sydney cab user and said he was refused service on average once a month, including twice in two days recently.

He has been told on a number of occasions that it would be against a driver's religion to allow a dog in the cab.