Egyptian woman was killed in a German court

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Egyptian woman killed in German court drama


July 03 2009 at 12:13PM


Cairo - A woman stabbed to death in a German court was an Egyptian who had sued her attacker after he insulted her for wearing the Islamic headscarf, Egyptian newspapers reported on Friday.


Marwa al-Sherbini, 32, who was killed in a court in Dresden on Wednesday, was the wife of Egyptian academic Elwi Ali Okaz who was also hurt in the incident and is now in critical condition in hospital, the state-owned Al-Akhbar reported.


The attacker stabbed Sherbini "shortly before she was to give evidence in an appeal lodged by the man against a conviction for insulting her over wearing the hijab," said the state-owned Egyptian Gazette.


The 28-year-old man, identified only as Axel W, was overpowered and was being investigated for manslaughter over the killing of the woman, a spokesman for the Dresden prosecutor's office said.


Magdi al-Sayed, press officer at the German embassy in Cairo, said the case was isolated and did not reflect German attitude towards Muslims.


"It is a criminal act. It has nothing to do with persecution against Muslims," Sayed told the Gazette.

[Dan]

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As Salam alaikum


May Allah have Mercy upon her and her family. MashAllah... to be allowed by Allah to die for Islam.


Side bar... my brother heard on the local public radio news station that the French president wants to ban the burqu because it is "oppresive." Funny... I thought not allowing people to wear religious clothes if they choose was oppressive. the French want the cheap immigrant labor that muslims supply but not the Truth that they bring. Assimilate or die, right? I think I have heard that before... American history, maybe?


As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

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Egypt cleric seeks stiff penalty as 'veil martyr' buried


Released on - Tuesday,07 July , 2009 -00:18 26 A man who stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in Germany should be punished to the utmost extent of the law, Egypt's top cleric said on Monday as the woman was buried in her hometown.


"The man who killed Marwa Sherbini, the Egyptian citizen in Germany, and wounded her husband Elwi Ali Okaz should receive the maximum punishment," Grand Imam Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi told the official MENA agency.


"The killer is a terrorist who should receive severe punishment for what he has done, something that contradicts all the values of humanity, decency and religion," he said.


Sherbini, 32, was killed in a court in the northern German city of Dresden on Wednesday shortly before she was to give evidence in an appeal lodged by her attacker.


The 28-year-old attacker, identified only as Axel W. had been convicted and fined after calling her a "terrorist" for wearing the Islamic headscarf.


According to the Egyptian press, Sherbini was three months pregnant when she was killed. She was laid to rest in her hometown of Alexandria in northern Egypt on Monday.


[<b>u]Her husband, a researcher in genetic engineering who was reportedly shot by German police while trying to save his wife, is still in critical condition in hospital having also been stabbed by the assailant.[/u]</b>


Tantawi told MENA he hoped the killing of Sherbini, whom he described as a "martyr," would not negatively affect the dialogue between the West and Islam because it was "an isolated event."