Muslim leaders have slammed the lack of an Islamic spiritual counsellor in the German armed forces in spite of the fact that an estimated 1,200 Muslims serve in the Bundeswehr.
In the News
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July 13th, 2011
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July 13th, 2011The Daily Telegraph carried the story earlier this month that private clinics which carry out abortions will be allowed to advertise on television and radio for the first time, under new rules.
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July 13th, 2011Earlier this year I reported that France, Australia, Scotland, Israel and Canada had recently blocked legislation to allow euthanasia or assisted suicide.
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July 13th, 2011Scientists have grown fully formed teeth from stem cells.
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July 13th, 2011ROME, July 13, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This week, the lower house of the Italian legislature voted 278-205 to pass a bill that would definitively exclude the possibility of starving and dehydrating vulnerable patients to death. The Advance Directives Bill opens with a specific prohibition of euthanasia or assisted suicide and requires that patients not be denied food and hydration.
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July 13th, 2011Suzanne Moore writes on my amendment to the health and social care bill, which requires that all women presenting with a crisis pregnancy are offered independent counselling (The right want to set the clock back on abortion and gay rights. I say: hands off, 9 July). Her claims are so riddled with fiction that I feel compelled to respond.
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July 13th, 2011ALBANY, New York, July 13, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reacting to the news that the first New York State town clerk has resigned rather than sign her name on a same-sex “marriage” license, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted Tuesday that “the law is the law.”
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July 13th, 2011The State Duma has postponed the second reading of the law “On the Basics of Health Protection of Russian Citizens” until the fall session. Physicians have objected to a rapid adoption of this bill, including Leonid Roshal, community organizations and priests. In particular, representatives of Russia’s Orthodox Church (ROC) participated in the development of amendments related to abortions. It was suggested to provide a comprehensive definition to termination of pregnancy, including suction aspiration and medical abortion, give women an opportunity to see the baby and listen to its heartbeat on an ultrasound, and ban the use of human embryos for cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical purposes.
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July 13th, 2011Lansing, Michigan, July 13, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. District Court of Michigan has awarded victory to an evangelical church in Lansing, Michigan, after it filed suit against a group of self-proclaimed gay “anarchists,” called Bash Back!, over their protest and disruption of a Sunday service.
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July 13th, 2011Cases of sexually transmitted infections have trebled in a decade, according to new figures.