German military to appoint Jewish chaplains and open forces to Muslim imams, too
RNS Germany’s armed forces will soon appoint Jewish chaplains, almost 100 years after rabbis last served with the country’s military. The forces will also welcome imams into their ranks to minister to Muslim troops. After the Nazi era and the Holocaust, the few Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service. Since […]
In the US, civil rights experts question Supreme Court execution rulings
RNS Last week, the Supreme Court ruled to block Texas’ planned execution of Patrick Murphy, a Buddhist inmate, because he was not allowed to have his Buddhist chaplain in the execution chamber. While religious freedom advocates applauded the move, some say the decision also left them perplexed. Just a month earlier, the Supreme Court allowed […]