http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/ Community Newspaper Online Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/minaret-vote-may-run-foul-of-international-treaties/#comment-53013 J.J. Surbeck Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:10:21 +0000 http://genevalunch.com/?p=32772#comment-53013 How fascinating. How come we never heard Ms. Pillay express the same concerns regarding the ban to build churches and synagogues in Arab countries? Is she suffering from Alzheimer or from a terminal case of double standards? When Saudi Arabia and scores of other Muslim nations allow complete religious freedom in their countries, then maybe will it be time to revisit the banning of minarets (although they should never be allowed to be higher than church steeples and never be used by a muezzin for the call to prayers: that belongs to Muslim countries, not to Western ones, where bells will do very fine, thank you). To each is own. How fascinating. How come we never heard Ms. Pillay express the same concerns regarding the ban to build churches and synagogues in Arab countries? Is she suffering from Alzheimer or from a terminal case of double standards? When Saudi Arabia and scores of other Muslim nations allow complete religious freedom in their countries, then maybe will it be time to revisit the banning of minarets (although they should never be allowed to be higher than church steeples and never be used by a muezzin for the call to prayers: that belongs to Muslim countries, not to Western ones, where bells will do very fine, thank you). To each is own.

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