Headscarf Martyr in Germany
(Dresden, Germany) This story out of Germany is creating shock waves throughout the Muslim world while the Western mainstream media is slowly catching up. 
In the summer of 2008, a 32-year-old pharmacist and native Egyptian, Marwa el-Sherbini, was insulted by an unemployed worker from Russia, 28-year-old Alex W. (aka Alex A.) for wearing the hijab. He had screamed that Sherbini was a terrorist and an Islamist whore.
In November 2008, Alex W. was found guilty of insulting and abusing Sherbini and consequently assessed a fine. Alex W. appealed the verdict.
Last week, while the case was being heard on appeal, Sherbini, now pregnant, and her husband, Elvi Ali Okaz, appeared in the Dresden court along with Alex W. While Sherbini was testifying about the incident of insult and abuse in the summer of 2008, Alex W. walked across the courtroom and plunged a knife into her 18 times. As Mr. Okaz ran to save his wife, he was shot by a police officer who mistook him for the assailant. Mr. Okaz is currently under intensive care at a Dresden hospital.
Hundreds attended Sherbini's funeral
in Alexandria, Egypt, her hometown, among them government officials, including
Egyptian Manpower Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi and Telecommunications Minister
Tariq Kamel, Egyptian media reported.
Many shouted hostile slogans against Germany and called for Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak to take a firm stand on the incident. Egypt's grand
mufti, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, demanded the severest punishment to be issued against Alex A.
Berlin witnessed angry protests on Saturday, when hundreds of Arabs and
Muslims demonstrated after a funeral prayer that called her killing an
outrageous racist murder against Muslims.
In a phone call with Al Arabiya, Marwa's brother, Tariq Sherbini, said,
"Extremism has no religion. My sister was killed simply because she wore the
veil. This incident clearly shows that extremism is not limited to one religion
or another and it is not exclusively carried out by Muslims."
"We are only asking for a fair punishment," he said, adding that his sister
was not a radical. "She was a religious woman who prayed and wore her headscarf,
but she was killed because of her belief."
Anger about Sherbini's death smoldered online, as Twitterers and bloggers
pushed the cause.
It's not clear to what extent the Muslim outrage will grow but the whole episode is being compared to the situation following the publication of cartoons of Mohammad.
24 comments:
You know what? Alex W. did, indeed, kill her because she was a Muslim.
That is deplorable.
And, when Muslims kill people because they are Infidels, it is also deplorable.
I will not claim Alex W. is insane. He is just an asshole, and he ought to be behind bars for the rest of his life.
And, that is the same thing that should happen to all these Sudden Jihad Syndrome Muslims as well.
Asshole doesn't cover the kind of evil embedded in this man's psyche. What he did was evil. Unspeakably evil. He was probably motivated by something other than his religion. Maybe past experiences put him over the edge. On the other hand, such crimes committed by the jihadis are often waxed eloquent with long passages from the Koran, urging the murderers on. And then blissfully ignored by the press.
Exactly why I posted it, Pasto. It's exactly the message you & Epa & I have been trying to get out.
Yep.
And, by the way, if the Muslim community wants to ratchet up the outrage, I say, bring it on.
That will only reveal who the radicals are.
They are the one's who need to be targeted, for charges of sedition.
The Headscarf Bitch. She had what she was arrogantly asking for. Shit happens.
Unlike the Mohammad cartoons, where there were crucial issues of free speech at stake, this is yet another case of poor courthouse security and a violent thug in lethal combination. (Is it too much to ask, anywhere, that unarmed, defenseless witnesses at least be physically safe within the confines of a courthouse?)
It was also SJS in reverse, the same kind of violence that has been repeatedly pushed aside by media when perpetrated by Muslims on "infidels".
The family is properly insisting on fair punishment which in Alex's case should equal whatever the penalty for Murder One is in Germany. Preferably the death penalty, but at least throw away the key.
Anything beyond that justifiably invites comparison to the countless cases in which Islamist murder has been ignored, excused, rationalized, and swept under the rug. There are families all over the world with loved ones in the cemetery because of jihad-motivated mall/Jewish community center/theater/hotel/public transportation/gas station/nightclub/street in broad daylight/high-rise office tower murders that were motivated by Muslim hatred based on their "beliefs". If the Believers riot over this one, all that is required it that we acknowledge that, yes, it was wrong -- and throw it right back in their faces.
No head scarf = no insult = no court case = no murder.
I'm just curious as to why this woman had to take this to court in the first place. I agree she shouldn't have been attacked in a court of law by why be in a court of law in the first place.
This should have never gone to court. The man's statement was unarguably true. The headscarf is an explicit symbol of one's genocidal ('terrorist') intentions and pride in one's permanent prostitute status. Can you wear a swastika in Germany? No? Then his point was perfectly valid. People should be constantly harassed for it and for making children look at that evil. Stupid bitch could have avoided this by (1) not being a terrorist whore and (2) not persecuting that man for stating the obvious. I'm not condoning killing people who disagree with you, though. That's exactly what the guy ostensibly took issue with. So counterproductive. Egyptians need to stop killing Copts before they have any right to get pissed off about terrorist whores getting killed, though. They don't get an opinion.
What that maniac Alex A did was wrong. I am completely 100% against headscarf or anything that represents Islam but it doesn't justify killing somebody for it!
Now, it is interesting to note that the media is noticing this and giving it so much coverage however innocent Christians murdered and innocent ISraelis from Sderot that were targeted by rockets from Hamas every day never made the headlines! I see media bias here clearly but then, its nothing new!
Its bad what happened to this woman and I am proud of IBLOGA for posting this article. Too bad Muslims don't do the same on their blogs and news channels when an infidel is murdered by a Muslim and frankly, that happens way too often to be ignored!
I think moral values of our own bloggers are going out the window! Just because Egyptians murder Copts doesn't mean its okay to murder random Egyptians!
Also whether she was a "whore" or not doesn't make it okay for her to be killed. And no, she wasn't asking for it when she kept on wearing that scarf! Alex A was an out of control maniac who should be done away with!
I agree though that suing that man for calling her names was way too much. Although it is what most Muslims do, they try to take advantage of the Western legal system whenever they can. Using the "race" card by Muslims is one of the clearest examples of that.
Anyway, with all that said, her murder in no way was justified. I can't believe I am siding with this woman, who was a Muslim on this one, but I am just doing what I think is right!
AA -- I don't know if she sued or if it was considered a criminal offense in Germany. I don't know German law. But it seems a fine is considerably different than a judgement.
At IBA this is an old and ongoing argument that I'm really not going to rehash right now other than to say the woman was breaking no laws and hurting no one by wearing that headscarf. She deserved not scorn, derision, nor to be murdered.
And jdamn that was one of the most hateful and ignorant things I've ever heard come from you.
...the woman was breaking no laws and hurting no one by wearing that headscarf. She deserved not scorn, derision, nor to be murdered...
Agree!
Many a times when Muslims are criticized for their support of terrorism, they reply, "you have no right to judge us because Christians fought the barbaric crusades against Muslims". Now I don't want to go into the background of crusades but some of our bloggers and commentators sounded like those Muslims today. I just hope that while fighting them, we don't become like the Muslim terrorists that we are writing and fighting against--I hope, unlike our enemies, we can still live by our values of "justice for all".
Well said, AA, and what we've been saying here for a long time.
Midnight Rider, when she moved to a democratic state she lost her right to not be offended. And the headscarf is a symbol of one's genocidal intentions and prostitute status. The most moderate justification for it is that it was originally for the purpose of distinguishing Mohammedan women from non-Mohammedans. All Mohammedan women are prostitutes by definition and without exception. Yeah, that's way hateful, but take it up with Sharia, not me. What do you think nikah is? The purchase of a prostitute, nothing more. It literally means 'penetration,' but has come to mean sex, rape, incest, and child molestation, but never marriage. Wives are not, by definition, purchased. Prostitutes, by definition, are. Islam strictly forbids legitimate marriage but makes prostitution and the purchase of prostitutes obligatory. Read a Muslim 'marriage' contract. Money for vagina. Nothing more. Nikah is incumbent upon all Mohammedans. That makes all Mohammedan women prostitutes. Yeah, that's pretty hateful, but don't shoot the messenger.
People should be belittled for wearing that. It's evil and it's inappropriate for children to look at. How do you explain that to a kid? "Sweetie, she wears that to let us know that her cousin purchased as property for sex, at least, that's what her contract says."
Still, we lose the moral upper hand when we start killing people who disagree with us. We also lose democracy when we drag people into court for offending us or saying that the sky is blue.
"when she moved to a democratic state she lost her right. . ."
"People should be belittled. . ."
from newsday: "Al-Sherbini, who was about four months pregnant and wore the Islamic head scarf, was involved in a court case against her neighbor for calling her a terrorist and was set to testify against him when he stabbed her 18 times inside the courtroom in front of her 3-year-old son."
(http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-ml-egypt-germany,0,4039630.story)
seems we've encountered that type of attitude bfore
shot in front of your son for wearing a yamulke or a six pointed star Juden
so one's okay and the other is not
hmm. . .
jdamn, I'd have to say you've already lost your moral upper hand.
This is a heartbreaking incident. Where were the guards when this disgusting attacker stabbed this poor woman? Did they watch the attack happen? Was the attacker not harmed, but the husband who tried to SAVE her. And he is now in intensive care. They unwillingly leave behind their three-year-old who is now in a german orphanage. If a Muslim would attack a Non-muslim like that, it would be considered terrorism. If the opposite happens, the media doesn't even bother that the story is brought to the public, but give a few details.
Well done, West!
SK,
This story is all over the media, and it is even at Infidel Bloggers Alliance, where we generally condemn Islam and specifically Islamism/Islamofascism.
Jdamn,
Could you get me some links on Nikah? I'm not aware of the information you are presenting. I would certainly post on that, if I knew a little more.
Pastorius,
I will try to look for some solid information on that but I agree with Jdamn when she says that NIkah simply means sexual intercourse. And its also true that you have to put a figure of whatever you have or are going to pay to the bride or her family for this "marriage".
The whole concept of marriage in Islam is buying a woman.
Hi Pasto,
I think I'm going to put together an essay on the forced prostitution of all females under Islam later today.
It looks like Dick Morris may have covered the forced jihad finance thing in his new book, judging from his YouTube vid from yesterday, which is awesome. I even learned from his vid that non-payment of zakat or payment of zakat that passes through kafirs' hands, whether intentionally or not, is punishable by a 300% penalty, or 7.5% of one's annual income on top of the obligatory 2.5%. I have the video up on my blog, but everyone should subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Jdamn,
What is your blog? I see that we are now co-contributors to the Astute Bloggers, and I know you are often involved in Vlad Tepes, but I am not aware that you actually write for any other blog.
Please provide the Morris video.
That man is a godsend. He is a lifelong Democrat who has come to be an anti-Jihadist. We need that in our movement.
And, by the way, I would add that he is coming to the movement when book sales on anti-Jihadism are drying up. I'm sure he and his publisher are well-aware of that fact. Which means, they really care, and they are not in it for the money.
What he did was evil. Unspeakably evil. He was probably motivated by something other than his religion.
What religion? He was brought up in the former Soviet Union. Chances are, that he was an atheist.
This should have never gone to court. The man's statement was unarguably true. The headscarf is an explicit symbol of one's genocidal ('terrorist') intentions and pride in one's permanent prostitute status. Can you wear a swastika in Germany? No? Then his point was perfectly valid.
You must be out of your mind. You can't call a man who is wearing a swastika a "murderer", "genocidal scum" or "pimp" and tear the offensive symbol off him either. You would be fined for that as well, should he choose to sue you. Germany is a country were the rule of law and the state's monopoly on the use of force prevails, as is America. People like you are giving Americans a bad name.
"AA -- I don't know if she sued or if it was considered a criminal offense in Germany. I don't know German law. But it seems a fine is considerably different than a judgement."
Both. Offence (insult) is a criminal offence requiring an official complaint by the victim for the prosecution to act. It's called "Antragsdelikt".
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