>>(Would help if people would shower before leaving their homes...works
>>for me)
>>
>>
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/04/indy-airport-begins-installation-of
>>.html
>>
>>Indy Airport 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 Airport.
>>
>>The IndyStar and Religion of Peace reported:
>>
>>Floor sinks to accommodate prayer requirements for Muslim taxi drivers
>>will be installed at Indianapolis International Airport by fall.
>>
>>David Dawson, a spokesman for the airport 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 washing 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 Airport 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 supporters rallied at Hope Baptist Church against
>>the sinks last fall.
