Muslims have no qualms breaking infidel laws, nor disrupting the lives of non-Muslims, to practice sharia law. And the NYPD, Muslim chaplain and all, let this go on for years (after 9/11)?
Religion of Disturbing the Peace via Cabbies at UWS Mosque Obey Religious Laws Over Parking Rules – DNAinfo.com.
UPPER WEST SIDE — A popular worship service at an Upper West Side mosque has prompted dozens of cabbies to flout the rules of the road in order to observe the rules of their religion, neighbors and mosque officials said.
Cab drivers rushing to services at the Islamic Cultural Center at Riverside Drive and West 72nd Street are double- and triple-parking outside the house of prayer, forcing northbound traffic on the recently-reopened stretch of Riverside Boulevard to veer into the oncoming traffic lane, DNAinfo has learned.
“It’s an accident waiting to happen,” said James Beale, the resident manager at 240 Riverside Blvd., one of four Trump high-rises along the boulevard. “It’s a very dangerous situation. It’s like all the rules of the road are thrown aside.”
Beale said residents in his building complain regularly about the flood of taxis. 311 records show at least nine complaints this year about illegal parking at that intersection.
The illegal parking was largely ignored for years, but has recently become the source of a police crackdown, after the long delayed connection between Riverside Boulevard and West 72nd was re-opened to traffic last month after a four-year-closure, Beale said.
But the cabbies who gather for the religious devotions — which can run as long as a 30 minute sermon followed by a 15-minute prayer — say they have no qualms about breaking parking rules in order to attend the prayer services, which are mandatory for practicing Muslims.
The Friday service, which is typically scheduled during the middle of the day, is the most heavily attended, with up to 300 worshippers. Read the rest on: Creeping Sharia
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