Christians Under Attack

The driver, whose name was not released, greeted passengers on a March 5 ride by telling a blonde joke, then one about Muslims. Hilal Islar, who was with her husband, said they found the jokes offensive and reported the incident to the Orlando Sentinel and the bus company upon their return home to upstate New York.

"And now they're telling us we're supposed to be nice to these Muslim terrorists who are trying to kill us all," Islar, a Muslim who does not wear the traditional head scarf, recalled him saying. "Here in America, we call them 'rag-heads' or 'towelheads,' but that's not right. What they wear on their heads is more like a sheet. We should be calling them sheetheads."

Luann Brooks, executive director of the International Drive Master Transit and Improvement District, which owns I-Ride trolley bus, told the Sentinel that the driver had been identified on Thursday and dismissed.

Brooks said while the driver's "conduct is not going to be tolerated," drivers for the service are encouraged to interact with passengers and play the role of ambassadors to the area.

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