First martyr in Germany

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Whether he killed her in the courtroom or not isn't a massive issue here - its still murder
 
Comment by Anja Seeliger:

A murder that Germany ignored

Egyptian protests over the murder of Marwa al-Sherbini have shocked Germany – but not driven home its true significance.

The first news agency reports on the murder of Marwa al-Sherbini informed the German public that a defendant had murdered a witness in the district court of Dresden. The reason was a quarrel in a children's playground.

No mention that the witness was a Muslim woman. No mention that the playground quarrel had culminated in the defendant shouting at the woman "Islamist", "Muslim *****" and "terrorist". The German press reported on the case on the back page and fell asleep. A few days later it was awakened by thousands of Egyptians who protested vociferously against the "Islamophobia" of the Germans. Islamophobic? Us? Suddenly the German federal government, which had kept silent for nearly a week, found words of sorrow. And journalists started to write long articles about the astonishing reactions in Egypt.

I don't think Marwa's murder proves German "Islamophobia". But it proves a lack of interest in the reality of today's German society that is disturbing. And the more one thinks about it, the more disturbing it gets.

Marwa had worked in a pharmacy in Dresden and her husband worked at the Max-Planck-Institut for pharmacology. Why didn't their colleagues stand up and call the whole incident what it was: a scandal? And why didn't the press ask any questions? There was reason enough. As the Berlin-based newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel, has now reported, the defendant, the Russian-German Alexander W, had asked Marwa in the courtroom: "Do you have a right to be in Germany at all?" Then he threatened her: "When the NPD comes to power, there'll be an end to that. I voted NPD."

The journalists could have reminded their readership that the extreme-right NPD had secured 5.1% of the votes in council elections in Saxony in June 2008. Dresden, where the murder took place, is the capital of Saxony. They could have reminded their readers that nearly 50% of east Germans and a quarter of west Germans agree with xenophobic statements – as a study by the Friedrich Ebert trust found in 2008. The journalists could have written about the poor integration of Russian-Germans, but also about their racism. They could have asked if Marwa would have been killed had she not worn a headscarf... and what that means for German society. They could have asked – as an Egyptian did – why Marwa's husband, while he was trying to help his wife, was shot and wounded by a policeman in the courtroom. Because he was not blond-haired?

And the journalists could have asked why the spokeswoman of the court, in her first press release, did not mention the nationality and religion of the victim – which in this special case played a significant role in the murder.

But no such questions were asked. The press treated the case as if it was something banal. Just one of these tragic incidents one cannot really understand. It was not until the demonstrations in Cairo that the details were published. And then the German press very quickly had other worries. One day after the demonstrations a radio host called Karim al-Gawhary, the Cairo correspondent of a German newspaper, and asked him: "How dangerous is it now for German tourists in Egypt?"

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Anja Seeliger is a German journalist. She has studied law and afterwards wrote as a freelancer for different newspapers and magazines like Spiegel, Vogue, taz, Tagesspiegel. In 2000 she cofounded the online magazine Perlentaucher which is the most read culture magazine in the German speaking internet. 2005 she co-founded signandsight.com, an online magazine that translates articles of note from the German press into Englisch.
 
Here is another article, this time from the BBC. Quite balanced, I thought:

The stabbing to death of a young Egyptian mother inside a courtroom in Germany last week has provoked a groundswell of anger in Egypt.

[...]

The bare facts of the story horrified the public. A devout and professional Muslim woman was killed while seeking justice inside a European courtroom apparently for no other reason than her being a veil-wearing Muslim woman.

She was murdered in broad daylight under the gaze of the authorities in the German city of Dresden by the very same man from whom she had sought redress for a racist slur.
The circumstances surrounding the killing of Marwa Sherbini were shocking by any standards.

She was stabbed 18 times inside the courtroom by the man, a German of Russian descent.

She had accused him of racism for calling her a terrorist, apparently because she wore the Hijab, or Muslim headscarf.

The security guards who rushed to the scene opened fire on her husband, who was trying to defend her, mistaking him for the attacker. He is in a critical condition.

Marwa Sherbini was pregnant and the whole drama unfolded in front of her four-year-old boy.

Anti-Islam claims

For the Egyptians, the majority of whom are Muslims, it was obvious that this was no ordinary crime: Ms Sherbini was killed because she was a Muslim.
Her mother told reporters that her daughter had paid a price for being a proud Muslim wearing the Islamic headscarf.

On Tuesday, the day after her funeral, angry demonstrators gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo denouncing Western civilisation as brutal and anti-Islamic.

A young woman at the demonstration told the BBC: "This is anti-Islam and our blood is not cheaper than any others.
"This is about identity. God created us all the same. We are all humans, created by the same God. "

Assurances from German officials that this was an isolated incident and that justice will be done have done little to assuage the anger.

Questions are being asked about why the attacker was allowed to take a knife inside the courtroom, and why there was such a serious security failure in a modern and efficient society like Germany.

[...]

The incident is evidence that the West does have a serious image problem in predominantly Muslim societies such as Egypt.

That is despite the fact that millions dream of travelling - and many do - to Western countries in search of a better life.

It is also proof that the theme of "Islam under attack" is a popular one.
It is exploited by Islamist activists, in the media and society at large, as well as by the governments they oppose across the region for different ends.

For the Islamists, it is an effective rallying cry to mobilise the masses against a pro-Western regime.

For the governments, it is a useful ploy to deflect public anger or local frustrations onto an external enemy.
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Full article here.
 
^^ I could have done without the BBC conclusion..
They can't seem to let go of the dispensing of opinions.. how about less opinion and more facts?
'The masses' never liked a pro-western regime, a 'pro western' regime was imposed on them after deliberate western dissolution of a Muslim empire and constant attempts at disbanding any effort to get it back together.. the west can house the puppet governments they instated in our lands, since they all seem to love the same brand of freedom-- the sort of freedom that strips women of their clothes or kills them trying!

For the Islamists, it is an effective rallying cry to mobilise the masses against a pro-Western regime.

For the governments, it is a useful ploy to deflect public anger or local frustrations onto an external enemy.
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The islam-baiting is increasing in Germany due to political parties. I mean, it is just terrible what they're doing :S





 
Brasco said:
Allah ta'ala is preparing the victory for us INSHA'ALLAH :)
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إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ

When the help comes from Allah and victory.

وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا

And you see men entering the religion of Allah in crowds.

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا

So, glorify the praises of your lord and seek his forgiveness; indeed his is most-forgiving.

:)
 
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Why they need to kill a helpless woman??? They always being portrayed as heroes of gender and others while we in Asia and Oriental Muslims being portrayed as ignorant. May Allah bless the soul of al-Marhuma Marwa and her husband, forgive them their sins and enter them into the Paradise, Insha-Allah. The Law of G-d will still move-on. The murderer n matter what his faith is will have to face the consequence. That's just showing to the World that Muslims are the victims more than being the Prey as what had been typically portrayed by bias Western medias.
 
My advice to European Muslims and others who live in the majority non-Muslim country to be careful. We can't bear seeing our brothers and sisters being treated like non-human while we can't really help them. Strengthen your faith in Allah but just keep yourselves safe, pleasseeeeee!
 

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