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DESCRIPTION:The Interuniversity Research Group in Political Philosophy (GRI
 PP) and the Research Group on Constitutional Studies (RGCS) welcome Profes
 sor David Miller (Nuffield College\, Oxford) for a thought-provoking talk.
   Excerpt from the abstract  This paper aims to contribute to one of the c
 entral questions of political theory\, the question of the balance to be s
 truck between the will of democratic majorities and the interests and righ
 ts of the minorities they oppose. This question becomes particularly chall
 enging when the minorities involved are religious groups who have to bear 
 the impact of majority decisions. For here what may be at stake is not jus
 t the normal weighing of interests and preferences\, as might happen\, for
  example\, when a decision has to be made about the siting of some local a
 menity\, but claims that are central to the lives of religious believers. 
 What the majority decides may force a religious minority to abandon some p
 ractice or mode of behaviour that they regard as central to their identity
 \, whether this is a matter of a style of dress\, the use of time set asid
 e for religious ceremonies\, or particular forms of religious expression. 
 In such cases\, we seem prima facie to have special reasons to curtail the
  scope of majority decision by putting in place constitutional checks and 
 other devices that will protect minorities’ interests...
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LOCATION:TNC Theatre\, First floor (Inst. of Islamic Studies)\, Morrice Hal
 l\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E1\, 3485 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Majorities and Minarets: Religious Freedom and Public Space
URL:/law/channels/event/majorities-and-minarets-religi
 ous-freedom-and-public-space-225398
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