For many years, the Central Council of Ex-Muslims and the Giordano Bruno Foundation have been warning of the dangers associated with the totalitarian ideology of Islamism. Following the massacre of Israeli civilians and the jubilation among some parts of the local Muslim population, German politicians are now also calling for a clear stance against anti-Semitism and Islamism. These pithy words should now be followed by concrete action.

"A regulation on abortion outside of the German Criminal Code is constitutionally permissible, if not constitutionally required." This is the conclusion reached by the Institut für Weltanschauungsrecht (ifw, Institute for Secular Law) in its statement, which was submitted to the "Commission for Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine" last week.

Only 48% of Germans were still members of one of the two mainstream Christian churches in 2022, while the proportion of non-denominational people has risen to 44%. This is according to data published today by the Research Group on Worldviews in Germany (fowid). The strength of the trend towards secularization is also reflected in the fact that only 6 percent of the population still practice their faith. 

In 2015, 140 incumbent members of the Bundestag voted in favour of the unconstitutional Section 217 of the German Penal Code, which prohibited professional assisted suicide in Germany from 2015 to 2020. In light of the impending new regulation of assisted suicide, the MPs in question have now received a "yellow card" to remind them of the foul they committed against the democratic rule of law back then and to prevent them from making the same mistake yet again.