Airport Sinks for Muslim Cabbies

[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.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Therein lies the problem....you start accomodating one religion...you must accomodate them all.

I suspect the chapels were not installed to accomodate the Atheists!

[Lady's Human]

In which case you know no jewish servicemembers, as jewish services are held at the same building (AKA a chapel) as other religious services on military posts.

[Edwina's Secretary]

In which case you know no jewish servicemembers, as jewish services are held at the same building (AKA a chapel) as other religious services on military posts.

This is not about the military. However, you are wrong. I dated a Jewish marine for 7 years. And the stories he told would disagree with what you are saying.

This is about airports. Take out the chapels and I will have no argument about the foot baths.

Chapels are christian. Look it up in your dictionary.

[Catty1]

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...ctive%26sa%3DG

Kansas City airport has installed these 'sinks' (called washing benches), but now denies they are for any particular group - which is causing the usual brou-ha-ha.



Another view:


Prayer rug rolled up in one corner:

Mark VanLoh, director of the Kansas City Aviation Department. "This was the best solution, and those facilities were added without public money."

He added that cab drivers paid for construction through a one-dollar per-trip fee.

Muslims are required to wash their feet and other body parts before praying to Allah five times a day. They often complain that public restroom sinks do not accommodate their needs. Floor-level basins and benches make it easier for them to perform their foot-washing ritual.

Muslim taxi drivers at KCI Airport pooh-poohed concerns about the wash benches, arguing they are not just for their use.

"The guys [sic] making a big issue out of it – it's not just for Muslims," said taxi driver Shareif El-Mahdi in an interview with KMBC-TV.