IMO I your beliefs prevent you from doing you're job properly and within the law of the land then you should choose another vocation, it's really that simple
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:31 am ] |
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Cabbies banned my guide dog A BLIND man has hit out at two cabbies who refused to carry him and his guide dog. Jon Prashar, 45, was turned away twice outside Rochdale railway station as he tried to travel to a conference with his dog, Amber. A quick-thinking colleague took a note of the taxis' registration numbers and an investigation was launched by council officials. The drivers, Talib Hussain, 51 and Mohammed Idress, 37, were tracked down and prosecuted in a landmark case for Rochdale council. Jon, who has been blind since birth, said: "When we approached the first taxi I could hear the driver say 'no dog'. Boot "He then said Amber could go in the boot. I asked if it was an estate car because that would have been fine but it wasn't. There's no way she was going in a closed boot - she'd have freaked out. "He then went to speak to the driver behind him and the pair of them drove off. Fortunately my colleague got their registration numbers. We had to get a black cab." Jon, who works in marketing, said: "To be fair to the drivers they were both very pleasant. "When they knew I was taking action one drove to my house to apologise. I don't think they were being malicious and they do a very unpleasant job. But something needs to be done to stop this from happening again." A number of Muslim drivers have expressed concern about carrying guide dogs in their cabs. Dogs are generally not allowed inside Islamic houses as they are considered unclean. Mosques However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past. Mike Tyerman, from the Greater Manchester's Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, agreed. He said: "I think it tends to be individual drivers and a misunderstanding from a religious context. "We get a lot of concern from the Muslim community but when you talk to anyone well versed in Muslim texts they say guide dogs and working dogs should be no problem." Mr Hussain, of Chevron Close, Marland, Rochdale, was fined £125. Mr Idress, of Bolton Road, Sudden, Rochdale, was fined £100. Both were ordered to pay £128 costs at Rochdale Magistrates Court. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:08 pm ] |
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Islamic law roools, ok? |
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:19 pm ] |
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IMO I your beliefs prevent you from doing you're job properly and within the law of the land then you should choose another vocation, it's really that simple
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:45 pm ] |
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Quote: you should choose another vocation, it's really that simple
They will now as the conviction will hopefully make them not fit and proper.
fancy going to the guys house and begging him to drop the charge 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:51 pm ] |
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wannabeeahack wrote: Islamic law roools, ok? No; Quote: However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Cabbies" banned my guide dog |
captain cab wrote: However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past.
Nuff said. |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:10 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Islamic law roools, ok? No; Quote: However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past. CC What about Guide Pigs??? |
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:29 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: captain cab wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Islamic law roools, ok? No; Quote: However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past. CC What about Guide Pigs??? You're having a laugh, I think hell would freeze over first 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:20 pm ] |
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where does he sleep? anywhere he wants too refuse him, i DARE YA 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:24 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: captain cab wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: Islamic law roools, ok? No; Quote: However, the Muslim Council of Britain has issued guidance saying Islamic law DOES allow guide dogs to be carried in cabs. They have even been allowed into mosques in the past. CC What about Guide Pigs??? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IxEOYXz8j-E |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:18 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: What about Guide Pigs??? I'll contact the British Synagogue Association
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| Author: | Skull [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:18 pm ] |
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wannabeeahack wrote: where does he sleep?
anywhere he wants too refuse him, i DARE YA That's one big feckin dog. My father use to say "he'd rather face the bull than the dog" and he was right . . . . 
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:20 pm ] |
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Skull wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: where does he sleep? anywhere he wants too refuse him, i DARE YA That's one big feckin dog. My father use to say "he'd rather face the bull than the dog" and he was right . . . . Imagine the Size of one its Walnut whips.......a real pavement blocker if ever there was... |
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| Author: | Skull [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:31 pm ] |
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bloodnock wrote: Skull wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: where does he sleep? anywhere he wants too refuse him, i DARE YA That's one big feckin dog. My father use to say "he'd rather face the bull than the dog" and he was right . . . . Imagine the Size of one its Walnut whips.......a real pavement blocker if ever there was... A friend of mine had a dog like that. I remember throwing him a tennis ball and it just disappeared in his gob.  A nice animal though, big but gentle, I only hope I never meet a bad one.
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| Author: | MR T [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:04 am ] |
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Skull wrote: bloodnock wrote: Skull wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: where does he sleep? anywhere he wants too refuse him, i DARE YA That's one big feckin dog. My father use to say "he'd rather face the bull than the dog" and he was right . . . . Imagine the Size of one its Walnut whips.......a real pavement blocker if ever there was... A friend of mine had a dog like that. I remember throwing him a tennis ball and it just disappeared in his gob. A nice animal though, big but gentle, I only hope I never meet a bad one. |
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