1.  Define the following words from the article:
--shariah (para. 1)
--Quran (para. 1)
--unambiguous (para. 4)
--fatwa (para. 4)

2.  For what reason are Muslim taxi drivers refusing to pick up some passengers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport?

3.  Approximately what number of customers complained per month about being refused service from Muslim taxi drivers at the airport?

4.  The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) was created by state law in 1943. A public corporation, the commission was designed to provide for coordinated aviation services throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area.  Today, the MAC operates the third largest aviation system in the nation, consisting of Minneapolis-St. Paul International and six reliever airports. A board of commissioners appointed by Minnesota's governor and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul sets and interprets the commission's policies. Those policies are implemented by the commission's executive director and staff. (from the MAC website. Read about current MAC ordinances on their website MSPairport.com)
a) How did the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) initially respond to the actions of the Muslim taxi drivers?
b) How did the public react to MAC's new color coded program? 
c) What did MAC then do in response to public outrage? 
d) Do you think MAC Executive Director Jeff Hamie's statement (that federal restrictions on taking liquids through security checkpoints have reduced the number of passengers carrying alcohol and nearly eliminated the problem) means that nothing further needs to be done to address this issue?  Explain your answer. 

5.  How do the two goals of the Minnesota Muslim American Society (MAS), as stated by MAS vice president Hassan Mohamud, contradict each other?

6.  How do the following Muslims regard the taxi drivers' refusal to pick up passengers carrying alcohol and the fatwa regarding the matter of alcohol?
a) Muqtedar Khan, political science professor at Delaware University
b) Omar Jamal, executive director of Somali Justice Advocacy Center in Minneapolis

7.  What did Hassan Mohamud say when asked if local U.S. governments should enforce shariah law in communities dominated by Muslim immigrants?  What did he mean by his answer?

8.  According to the Center for Religious Freedom, under shariah law as defined by Iraq's senior Shiite religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani "the rights of women, religious minorities, and moderate Muslims will be suppressed, and political and religious debate could become a capital offense." (Go to FreedomHouse.org for the article.)
a) Many Muslim imams (widely respected religious leaders) preach that Muslims should work towards implementing shariah law worldwide, including the U.S.  Before 9/11 most people would laugh at such an idea.  Why does it not seem so unbelievable today?
b) How do you think officials would have reacted if Christian taxi drivers refused to pick up customers carrying alcohol?
c) What can Americans do to ensure that shariah law is never implemented in the U.S.? (For information on sharia law from a moderate Muslim group, go to FreeMuslims.org.)