Minneapolis Taxicab Controversy

[Marie A. Failinger]

Great placement!  I look forward to it.  

 
Marie A. Failinger

Professor of Law
Editor, Journal of Law and Religion
Hamline University School of Law
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Saint Paul, MN 55104 U.S.A.
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>>> "Sisk, Gregory C." <GCSISK at stthomas.edu> 3/12/2012 11:15 AM >>>
Thanks very much!  This is good to know.  Our piece on Muslim religious liberty in the federal courts was accepted at the Iowa Law Review on Friday, so it has a home now.

Greg

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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: Minneapolis Taxicab Controversy

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)
mfailinger at hamline.edu (email)


>>> "Marie A. Failinger" <mfailinger at 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
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