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McGill Expert Alert: Switzerland votes to ban minarets

Published: 30 November 2009

In a nationwide referendum Sunday, 57.5% of Swiss citizens voted to ban the construction of new minarets, a result that may embarrass the government and enflame religious tensions.

The following McGill experts are available today to comment:

Prof. Frédéric Mégret
Faculty of Law
Canada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Member, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Expertise: international protection of human rights, public international law, international criminal law, international relations.
Frederic.megret [at] mcgill.ca
514-398-5962

Prof. Jacob T. Levy
Department of Political Science
Member, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Expertise: multiculturalism, nationalism; federalism.
jtlevy [at] gmail.com

Prof. Torrance Kirby
Faculty of Religious Studies
Director, McGill Centre for Research on Religion
Torrance.Kirby [at] mcgill.ca
514-398-4128
[1:30-3:00, or after 5:00]

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