Killing a Muslim Pregnant woman: The German Way

Marwa el-Sherbini, an Egyptian woman asked a German man, Alex W., to clear a swing in a playground so that her child could use it. The German man who sat in the swing, smoking, hurled racial abuse at the woman. Marwa took him to court where Alex was fined for his deeds. This incident happened in 2008.

In 2009, Alex made an appeal in the court and both parties were called in for hearing. Alex smuggled a knife in the court and surprisingly no one noticed. He attacked Marwa and stabbed her 16 times (according to some accounts 18 times). She bled to death in front of her 3 year old son and husband. Marwa's husband was shot by the police in the leg who took him for the attacker initially. Marwa was pregnant at the time of her death. Alex has now been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The incident is just another addition to the chain of anti-Muslim hatred attacks in Europe. It depicts the rising Islamophobia and racial hatred against non-whites and non-Europeans. Western governments and media are to be partly blamed for stereotyping Muslims. Part of the blame also goes to the extremists who bring a bad name to the Muslims by using religion to justify violence. It's shameful that the attack incident was not even much reported in the German media. It's also pathetic for the German authorities who failed to secure the court where the trial was taking place. Moreover life imprisonment is not enough for this crime and death sentence should have been awarded to the killer, regardless of the fact whether such punishments are allowed in Germany or not.

It is time for the western governments and media to stop attacking Islam and clean their own backyard by raising their voice against the injustices that are taking place against the Muslims around the world.

Muslim woman tried to slit husband's throat while he slept

Friday, October 30th 2009, 4:00 AM

A soft-spoken Muslim woman tried to slit her Staten Island husband's throat as he slept - enraged that he made her eat pork and wear sexy skirts, officials said.

"It's time for you to die!" screamed Rabia Sarwar as she pounced on hubby Sheikh Naseem, sources said.

He woke early Wednesday to find her straddling his chest and hacking at his neck with a knife.

The burly 41-year-old, a teacher at Susan Wagner High School, overpowered the pretty petite Sarwar, 37, and grabbed the weapon.

The two have only been together for five months. For Nasseem, it was his third try after his first two marriages failed. The Pakistani-born Naseem was not a practicing Muslim but sought a traditional wife; their pairing was arranged through family friends.

"Being that he didn't do very well the first two times, he thought he would try a woman of his own culture," one of Naseem's ex-wives told the Daily News on condition that she not be identified.

"She is very soft-spoken, very low-key," the woman said. "I would not have dreamed anything like this would happen."

But authorities said she was furious that Naseem stayed so Western: "She's a very devout Muslim and she felt that he got her to marry him under false pretenses," a source said. "He doesn't really observe any of the traditions of Islam. She says he forced her to eat pork and wear short skirts."

She also claimed that his favorite author is Salman Rushdie, reviled by devout Muslims after writing the prophet-bashing "The Satanic Verses."

Sarwar was released on $25,000 bail after being arraigned yesterday on attempted murder rap charges. She claimed "months of emotional abuse and duress," sources said. Cops had no record of domestic abuse complaints against Naseem.