Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Kills 7 in Church Shooting

A gunman in Germany stormed and fired bullets inside a building used by the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg on the evening of March 9th, killing seven people and injuring many others before taking his own life.

Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in northern Germany, local police said https://t.co/s8zXiGUnuv

"Islam Was Born With The Seed Of Civil War" Decries German-Egyptian Scholar

German-Egyptian academic and political scientist Hamed Abdel-Samad declared that Islam was distorted from the beginning and was born with seeds of civil war.

German Mosque Sounds 1st Public Call to Prayer Amid Protests by Ex-Muslims

Cologne Central Mosque in Germany has always sounded the adhan (Muslim call to prayer) inside the building. On October 14, the mosque used two outside loudspeakers for the first time.

Former Pope Admits to Giving False Statements in Sex Abuse Investigation

By Abdulla Gaafarelkhalifa

Former Pope Benedict XVI has admitted to giving a false statement to a child sex abuse investigation when he said he had mistakenly told investigators in Germany that he did not attend a meeting in 1980 when he was the archbishop of Munich.

New Study: Ending Religious Education Doesn't Lead To Decline in Morals

On January 3, 2022, CESifo released a resounding preliminary paper on the social implications of withdrawing religious education from the academe. The article claimed that the “staggered termination of compulsory religious education led to more equalized gender roles, fewer marriages and children, and higher labor-market participation and earnings.”

Activist Gets Death Threats After Protesting Muslim Call to Prayer

Mina Ahadi, the founder of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims, received death threats after protesting the broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer. Authorities in Cologne, Germany, know too well that these are not empty threats and have placed Ahadi under police protection.

Berlin Church Holds Leather-Fetish & Kink Inclusive Concert

On September 9, 2021, participants clad in leather outfits attended the Classic Meets Fetish held at the Twelve Apostles Evangelical Church in Berlin's Schoneberg district. Classic Meets Fetish is a for-charity classical music concert with a twist; all attendees and performers wear leather outfits, including leather masks, braces, and vests.

Afghan Man Attacks 58-year old German because "she was working"

In the afternoon of September 4, 2021, a woman was doing gardening work in Wilmersdorf, an inner-city southwest of central Berlin. A 29-year old Afghan man approached the 58-year old landscaper; they had a chat before the incident.

German Priests Protest Vatican Decree By Blessing Queer Couples

On 15th March, in the Vatican decree published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Pope Francis gave a pronouncement against blessing same-sex marriages, calling them "illicit" and "not ordered to the Creator's plan".

Victims Sue Catholic Church After Proving Nuns Sold Them As Sex Slaves

Recent court documents reveal two decades of sexual abuse of orphaned children by the very institution charged with their protection. The plaintiffs, survivors of horrific sexual abuse at a covenant in Speyer, Germany, described how 175 orphans — mostly boys ranging from age 7 to 14 — were ‘pimped’ out by the nuns to perverted businessmen and clergymen.