Legally there is no reason to refuse to take a guide dog unless the driver has a medical certificate to say he has some sort of allergy to dogs.

I am thinking that we can legally refuse a punter if he/she is honking! Dogs just like a human can niff.......that really would be a tester!!

Funny this!
I had to attend a disability course as part of me getting a licence. The no of asian attendees that were making excuses NOT to carry a dog was terrible.

Could bathing a dog be made part of the test for them

Why Muslims are not allowed to keep dogs as pets

Kakungulu says Muslims are not allowed to keep dogs because of their saliva and excreta (feaces), which are considered to be unclean and can cause infections.

“If a Muslim gets into contact with a dog intentionally or accidentally and its saliva drops onto his body, he is required to cleanse himself seven times – first by scrubbing that part of the body with sand and then with water in a ritual referred to as samak,” Kakungulu says.

He adds: “According to the Koran and Hadith (collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), we can also use dogs to detect drugs or track criminals.

He also stressed that another reason why a Muslim must not keep a dog is because they need to emulate the life of Prophet Muhammad who led a holy life.

Sheikh Twaibu Ali Mpanso, the registrar of the directorate of Sharia, said with regard to vessels or containers, if a dog licks a vessel or drinks from it, the vessel must be washed seven times, one of which should be with sand.

“A dog is the most impure animal, according to our beliefs and teachings,” Mpanso said.

He said it is haram (prohibited) to keep a dog as a pet except for purposes as stipulated in the Islamic teachings because when one does so, he loses one or two qeeraats each day.

Qeeraat refers to the highest reward a Muslim would ever get from Allah; if a person’s reward decreases by one qeeraat that means he is sinning and its consequences are bitter.


Have you ever read such a load of [edited by admin], in your life?

I suggest you send a copy of that to the British Army - they could mop up Afghanistan in one week and clear the Battersea dogs home at the same time.

This is about the LA dodging the Muslim issue when it's their faith-based religious beliefs, which make individuals clearly unsuitable for driving taxis.