(Would help if people would shower before leaving their homes...works
for me)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/04/indy-air****t-begins-installation-of.html
Indy Air****t Begins Installation of Muslim Foot Baths
The installation of the foot baths will be completed by fall to
accommodate the Muslim taxi driver prayer requirements at the
Indianapolis Air****t.
The IndyStar and Religion of Peace re****ted:
Floor sinks to accommodate prayer requirements for Muslim taxi drivers
will be installed at Indianapolis International Air****t by fall.
David Dawson, a spokesman for the air****t project, said this week that
two bathrooms, one for men and one for women, will have the sinks.
Both will be in a 900-square-foot building where taxi drivers gather
before picking up passengers at the terminal.
Many of the taxi drivers are Muslims who pray five times a day. The
prayer involves many rituals, including wa****ng the feet.
Drivers now use hand sinks at the existing terminal, which has caused
safety hazards.
"The result of that is there is standing water on the floor and
structural stress on the sink," Dawson said.
That created a sanitation problem and was the main reason the floor
sinks were proposed, he said.
Osmand Djama, 44, a taxi driver who uses the facility, said about 180
taxi drivers, most of whom are men, use the bathroom, making it
unsanitary.
According to Dawson, the cost of the sinks is estimated at $750 each.
They are expected to be installed by the end of October, the same time
construction on the new midfield terminal should be completed.
The Air****t Authority Board approved the installation plan in February
despite some public objection and criticism from a local minister.
The Rev. Jerry Hillenburg of Hope Baptist Church in Indianapolis,
whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004, called the sinks
unconstitutional and said they showed a dangerous concession to Islam.
Hillenburg and his sup****ters rallied at Hope Baptist Church against
the sinks last fall.
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