I haven't seen anyone else diary this and thought it was important to discuss. There was terrible hate crime that took place last week in Germany. A pregnant Muslim woman, Marwa al-Sherbini, was stabbed to death in a German courtroom as she was set to testify against her neighbor who had harassed her for wearing a head scarf and being Muslim.
CAIRO — Egyptians are horrified by the brutal slaying of a pregnant Muslim woman stabbed repeatedly inside a German courtroom, calling what they see as a lack of outrage in Germany evidence of racism and anti-Islamic sentiment.
On Monday, thousands of mourners marched behind the coffin of Marwa al-Sherbini, 32, in her Mediterranean hometown of Alexandria where her body was buried after being flown back from Germany.
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Marwa al-Sherbini, from Alexandria, Egypt, was in Germany with her husband who had a research fellowship. When the defendant, identified only as Alex, stabbed her (18 times) in front of her three year old son as she walked toward the witness stand, her husband rushed to defend her and was not only stabbed by the attacker but was shot by a bailiff who mistook him for the attacker. He is in critical condition.
Ms. al-Sherbini's body was returned to Alexandria where:
Some thousands of Egyptians surround the coffin of 32-year old pregnant Egyptian woman Marwa al-Sherbini, Monday July 6, 2009, who was stabbed by a German man in a courtroom in eastern Germany last week, during her funeral in Alexandria, Egypt. The woman was to testify against the man in court after he allegedly called her an Islamist and a terrorist in 2008. German prosecutors say a 28-year-old man who fatally stabbed Marwa was driven by a deep hate of foreigners.
To me, this is a very important story for many reasons. First, this is receiving almost no coverage in the West. Second, there have been several users here who have tried to make the point that anti-Muslim hate is growing worldwide and is just as important to be reported upon and noticed as other types of hate. This horrifying attack and the potential reprecussions is an example of that in Europe. It should not be ignored.