Martyr of Hijab to Be Commemorated in Yazd, Shiraz
On the eve of the third martyrdom anniversary of Marwa Sherbini, the Martyr of Hijab, a conference will be held in two cities of Yazd and Shiraz to commemorate her.
This was announced by Nahid Yavari the spokeswoman for the Ifaf and Hijab Committee of Yazd who said the committee will organize the conference in cooperation with several institutions and organizations.
She criticized the silence of the so-called advocates of human rights and freedom in the West over the killing of Sherbini and urged that Martyr Sherbini be introduced to the world as a role model and a heroine to the youths in Iran and the world.
She expressed hope that in the near future an international conference will be held on martyrdom of Marwa Sherbini.
Marwa Sherbini, 33 and her husband Elwy Ali Okaz, both from Egypt, were living in Dresden, Germany when a horrifying chain of events began with a small incident. Marwa had taken her son to a park and while there, she found a young German man on the play-swing. She requested him to give the swing up for her 3-year old. The man's reaction was bitter, resorting to unprovoked verbal abuse. Marwa, with her husband’s full support, took him to court over the incident.
A trial ensued and a District court found the German man (identified in some reports as Alex A.) guilty and fined him. The hateful Islamophobe murderer-to-be filed an appeal, and during the hearing in July 2009, a deadly assault took place. Just as Marwa had finished her testimony, the attacker moved across the courtroom and stabbed her not once but eighteen times.
The martyrdom of Sherbini drew widespread criticism around the world against Islamophobia and also German government’s lack of action in the face of the phenomenon.
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She criticized the silence of the so-called advocates of human rights and freedom in the West over the killing of Sherbini and urged that Martyr Sherbini be introduced to the world as a role model and a heroine to the youths in Iran and the world.
She expressed hope that in the near future an international conference will be held on martyrdom of Marwa Sherbini.
Marwa Sherbini, 33 and her husband Elwy Ali Okaz, both from Egypt, were living in Dresden, Germany when a horrifying chain of events began with a small incident. Marwa had taken her son to a park and while there, she found a young German man on the play-swing. She requested him to give the swing up for her 3-year old. The man's reaction was bitter, resorting to unprovoked verbal abuse. Marwa, with her husband’s full support, took him to court over the incident.
A trial ensued and a District court found the German man (identified in some reports as Alex A.) guilty and fined him. The hateful Islamophobe murderer-to-be filed an appeal, and during the hearing in July 2009, a deadly assault took place. Just as Marwa had finished her testimony, the attacker moved across the courtroom and stabbed her not once but eighteen times.
The martyrdom of Sherbini drew widespread criticism around the world against Islamophobia and also German government’s lack of action in the face of the phenomenon.
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