The German parliament voted Wednesday to keep male circumcision legal, ending an international controversy that started when a Cologne court ruled the practice constitutes “bodily harm.” The new law, ...

A new proposal by liberal and left-leaning legislators in Germany would bar ritual circumcision for boys under the age of 14. Some 50 members of Parliament – from the Social Democratic Party, the Left ...

Germany’s parliament called on the government to step in to protect the right to religious-based circumcision of boys, as long as it is done by a medically qualified practitioner who avoids inflicting ...

BERLIN -- The German cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to make circumcision legal, a major step toward ending a controversy that started when a Cologne court banned the practice. Foreign Minister ...

When a court in Cologne, Germany, ruled in June that circumcision henceforth should be considered illegal, those who are tasked with raising the alarm about signs of anti-Semitism spoke out. But ...

[JURIST] The Bundestag [official website, in German], the lower house of the German parliament, is expected to vote on a bill [text, PDF, in German] that would protect religious circumcision [JURIST ...

In a decision it's difficult for any reasonable person to object to, a German court banned circumcision this week. Not circumcision per se, mind you. Just circumcision of children too young to make ...

BERLIN - A German court's decision that ritual circumcision amounts to criminal bodily harm threatens religious freedom in Europe, a group of European Orthodox rabbis said Thursday. The ruling, handed ...

A German court’s ban on circumcising baby boys has provoked a rare show of unity between Jews, Muslims and Christians who see it as a threat to religious freedom, while doctors warn it could increase ...

BERLIN (AP) — Rabbi David Goldberg had performed about 25 ritual circumcisions this year before a regional court ruled in June that the practice amounted to causing criminal bodily harm. Despite the ...