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, ...

BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that explicitly permits male infant circumcision, ending months of legal uncertainty after a court ruling that the practice amounts to bodily ...

BERLIN, July 13 (UPI) -- Germany is seeking to defuse international furor over a German court ruling on circumcision that united Jews and Muslims against the government and judiciary. Amid protests in ...

BERLIN -- After months of controversy, lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday to guarantee that male circumcision remains legal in Germany, assuaging Jews and Muslims who feared the ...

The practice of metzitzah b’peh, a controversial part of some Jewish circumcisions, is reigniting concern about religious circumcision in Germany, where the government only recently fended off an ...

JERUSALEM – Israel's president is urging Germany to protect the custom of ritual circumcision, joining a chorus of Israeli officials and Jewish groups concerned about a German regional court which ...

A proposal to enshrine circumcision of male children as a protected procedure that Jews and Muslims could continue without fear of sanction faces an uncertain fate in Germany’s Bundestag, say close ...

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns a newly-passed ban on circumcision will make country a 'laughing stock' if not overturned, as Muslim and Jewish communities call it an attack on religious ...

[JURIST] The German government on Friday announced that it will act swiftly to lift criminal sanctions imposed on circumcision [JURIST news archive]. Spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

Proponents of the law, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, noted that failure to protect circumcision would have risked making Germany the only country in the world to ban a practice that Jews and ...