Airport Sinks for Muslim Cabbies

[ramanth]

I'm not sure if Detroit does or not. I haven't been there in years.

[columbine]

Cabbies at Boston Logan are lucky if they can get your luggage out of the trunk before they get shooed out to make room for the next cab! I think they do most of their praying between speeding trucks.

Love, Columbine

[Lady's Human]

Sara, the difference between the non-deominational chapel and the sinks is that the sinks are for a specific religion, and the chapel is exactly that. Non-denominational. As in not catering to a specific religion.

[Catty1]

When I first saw the title of this thread, I saw "sinks" as a verb. I thought, "NOW what???"

oops!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Sara, the difference between the non-deominational chapel and the sinks is that the sinks are for a specific religion, and the chapel is exactly that. Non-denominational. As in not catering to a specific religion.

Not true! You can wash your feet in the sink if you like. I don't believe there is any restriction that you must be Muslim to do so.

And...according to my dictionary...a chapel is a place for Christian worship.

[Lady's Human]

The chapels in airports usually hold non-denominational christian services, jewish, services, etc. The chapels on military posts are used for all religions, yet they are still called chapels.

The sinks are being put in SPECIFICALLY for muslims. Anyone can use them, granted, but if it wasn't a religious accommodation they wouldn't be there.

[Edwina's Secretary]

The chapels in airports usually hold non-denominational christian services, jewish, services, etc. The chapels on military posts are used for all religions, yet they are still called chapels.

The sinks are being put in SPECIFICALLY for muslims. Anyone can use them, granted, but if it wasn't a religious accommodation they wouldn't be there.

I know many, many Jewish people...none of whom would worhsip in a chapel.

And the chapels in ariports are not religious accomodations??? For whom were the chapels installed??

[Lady's Human]

They are religious accommodations, but they are not targeted to a particular religion.