Source: Tahir Mahmood-Germany. By Zubair Khan In spite of best efforts the Muslims residing in European countries remain divided to start the month of Ramadan as well to celebrate the Idul Fitr. True it is each country has its own horizon, as well due to time difference, the variation in […]
Source: The Local German scientists have invented the world’s lightest material – which is also strong, regains its shape after being squashed and even conducts electricity. Scientists believe the material […]
Credit: UPI.Com via Wasim Saroya MUNICH, Germany, July 17 (UPI) — A Munich court is denying a divorce for a woman tricked into marriage, saying because she was never legally married, she cannot be legally divorced. Anna K., 31, has been fighting for a divorce from Kulwinder S. since 2008, […]
By Zubair Khan Few days back shock waves were sent amongst Jewish and Muslim communities of Germany, when ruling, in the case of a Muslim boy taken to a doctor with bleeding after circumcision, the Cologne court said the practice inflicts bodily harm and should not be carried out on […]
Credit: Sami Khokhar of Hamburg-Germany By Zubair Khan As many readers of Muslim Times know, few days back shock waves were sent amongst Jewish and Muslim communities of Germany when the Cologne court ruling said religious circumcision of male infants was tantamount to grievous bodily harm, a criminal act subject […]
The German government says Jewish and Muslim communities should be able to continue the practice of circumcision, after a regional court ruled it amounted to bodily harm. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s […]
Credit: Spiegel dapd German religious leaders claim that Jewish life will not be possible in the country if a court ruling on circumcision sets a legal precedent. A controversial German court ruling on circumcision has outraged Muslim and Jewish groups in Germany and abroad. German commentators say the decision was […]
Source: BBC The German government says Jewish and Muslim communities should be able to continue the practice of circumcision, after a regional court ruled it amounted to bodily harm. Chancellor […]
Miss Maryam Khola Hübsch, daughter of late Mr Hydatullah Hübsch, who is quite active in the field of spreading the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat was specially picked, as an Islam expert, from 4 millions Muslims residing in Germany to express her view point about “Circumcision” on one of the largest […]
By VANESSA FUHRMANS WALL STREET JOURNAL BERLIN—Germany’s government pledged Friday to pass a law to protect the ritual circumcision of young boys, seeking to calm a fractious debate over the religious rights of the country’s Jews and Muslims that has erupted since a German court ruled the practice amounted to […]
Source: Spiegel International An influential group of European rabbis on Thursday used unusually strong language to attack a German court ruling against the circumcision of boys. If the ruling is […]
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel visited Istiqlal grand Mosque here on Tuesday as part of her state visit to Indonesia, before the meeting with Presiden Susilo Bambang […]
Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – When the Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrives next week, fasting will definitely begin on Friday in Germany, probably the same day in neighboring France and maybe on Saturday across the Channel in Britain. Even in the same country, some Muslims might begin […]
Source: The Telegraph The Pope has taken a German satirical magazine to court over a front cover that pictured the pontiff with a yellow stain down the front of his […]
Credit:Spiegel-Germany An Analysis by Thomas Darnstädt and Dietmar Hipp DPA The judges of the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court gave an important signal at Tuesday’s marathon hearing on the ESM bailout fund and fiscal pact. The judges want to help the government get the controversial EU projects […]
The German Chancellor is on a visit to Indonesia to boost bilateral relations accompanied by a heavyweight business and trade delegation. It’s Angela Merkel’s first trip to Indonesia since 1995. […]
BERLIN — Jewish religious leaders will hold an international meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss how to respond to a German court ruling against performing circumcision on baby boys, which also sparked protests from Muslims and Christians in Germany. A court in the western city of Cologne caused an […]
Source: Tagesschau German TV Tagesschau.de http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/gespraech-assad-englisch100.html (Click on the link for English original Interview from the German TV) Jürgen Todenhöfer: Mr. President, members of the opposition and western politicians say, […]
Washington Post: A district judge in Cologne, Germany, recently ruled that ritual circumcision is a crime, violating “the fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity,” which outweighs other parental and […]
Germany is coming under increasing pressure over the court decision that ruled circumcision was bodily harm and thus a crime – with the Wiesenthal Centre quoting Hitler, and a Muslim group saying it was a blow against integration. The Los-Angeles-based Jewish group called on German lawmakers to provide legal safety […]