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Playing the Victim: Media Coverage of Marwa el-Sherbini

Posted by Guest Contributor on 27 Jul 2010 / 0 Comments

This was written by Beverly M. Weber for Muslimah Media Watch. “She became a victim of Islamophobia and xenophobia. She responded with dignity and exemplary civil courage.” – Plaque in memorial to Marwa el-Sherbini, located in the foyer of the Saxony Provincial Court The murder of Marwa el-Sherbini in July 2009 sparked an intense, long-overdue […]

Marwa El Sherbini Did Not Die For Her Hijab, So Please Stop Saying That She Did

Posted by safiyaoutlines on 23 Jul 2009 / 0 Comments

Marwa El Sherbini is in the ground away from those who love her most. She did not want to die, she did not choose to die. She was murdered. In Germany the Muslim community is ethnically homogeneous, with the vast majority being of Turkish ethnicity. Even without her headscarf, her coloring and ethnicity means that […]

Living in Denial: The Tragic Murder of Marwa el-Sherbini

Posted by sobia on 09 Jul 2009 / 0 Comments

By now many Muslims have heard of the tragic murder of Marwa el-Sherbini, mother, daughter, wife, pharmacist, who lived in Germany while her husband completed his Ph.D. May God give her peace and grant her paradise. According to the BBC: Marwa Sherbini, 31, was stabbed 18 times by Axel W, who is now under arrest […]