We’ve been following the reports of Muslim cabdrivers refusing to carry passengers with alcohol and blind people with guide dogs at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport and in Britain. The stories are too numerous and widespread to be simply coincidence, and it’s very likely that there’s a coordinated effort by Islamic da’wa organizations (e.g. the Muslim Brotherhood and/or Hizb ut-Tahrir) to push the issue as much as possible—just as they’re pushing on many other fronts. It’s the cultural wing of the global jihad.

Today the Daily Telegraph reports that the same thing is going on in Australia, where Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has been refused service: Cabs refusing blind passengers.

TAXI drivers are regularly refusing to carry blind passengers with guide dogs – including Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner.

The treatment of the blind by some Sydney taxi drivers has been exposed by Human Rights and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, who is himself blind and reliant on his guide dog Jordie. Mr Innes, whose high-powered role makes him a regular cab user, said he was refused service on average once a month, including twice in two days recently.

He has been told on a number of occasions that it would be against a driver’s religion to allow a dog in the cab. He has also been refused by drivers claiming to be allergic to dogs and even scared of dogs. He has also been left clutching at air on busy Market St by one belligerent driver who told him he had to take the non-existent cab in front.

Mr Innes yesterday received the backing of Vision Australia (VA), which said taxi drivers refusing to carry blind passengers with guide dogs happened with “too much regularity”.

VA’s head of policy and advocacy Michael Simpson said the problem was worse in the Sydney metropolitan area where there were more drivers unwilling to carry dogs based on Muslim objections. “It is fair to say that the (Islamic) religion has made the problem worse in the metropolitan areas than regional areas, where I’ve found taxi drivers are generally excellent,” he said.

(Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.)