The man who killed her, and stabbed her husband six times in front of their young child's eyes allegedly did so out of hatred to Muslims, and was only present in the courtroom because he had attacked Dr. Marwa earlier that week in a public park and tried to rip off her head-scarf.
This post is not a tribute Muslims, or women, but a to any human being's basic right to practice their religion wherever, whenever, and however they want to do so. What happened to the young doctor is a tragedy, and what is even more of a tragedy is her country's response to the tragedy. Egypt has done literally NOTHING to avenge her family. Sure, the media has done more than its part to criticize the incident, and persuade people to voice their concerns to officials, but what has any of it amounted to? Nothing! If the person who was killed was of any other nationality, any at all, economic relations between the two countries would come to a standstill until all the guilty parties were punished. However, the Egyptian population has been and always will be, worthless, and not dignified enough for people to care about.
So despite people's attempts, and the "international outcry" that has occurred, I doubt that anything will happen and that any guilty parties will be brought to justice, and that anyone will be held liable.
People are now talking about a nation-wide boycott of german products, like the one which happened with Denmark concerning the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. However, I doubt that a boycott would have any effect whatsoever, just like that of Denmark, whose losses were all recovered within a week after the boycott officially ended.
Once again I'd like to make it clear that this post is simply to say that: anyone of any religion has the freedom to practice their religion wherever they want, even if the whole world thinks of that religion as a breeding ground for terrorists...
RIP Dr. Marwa El Sherbeeny
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In one of my classes, I debated on the topic of whether or not a government should control religious rights of a country.. I wrote that it was a stupid idea and a government who tried to do so would fail and crumble because the masses would revolt.
I stated that after I wrote five pages on how it was a basic human right and yadda yadda. She commented on it asking about terrorists. I confronted her, asking what exactly she meant.She started on religious scarifices..etc. My argument is that each and every religion could lead to terrorism and extremism.
This post is clear cut and touching. It makes a point and sticks with it. Nice job.:)
It is not completely relevant, but this may interest you: http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090111/editorial-.htm
The journalist was later killed by either the terrorist's alliances or by the government for not keeping quiet. The people were not informed.
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But I think saying: "government who tried to do so would fail and crumble because the masses would revolt." is kind of an exaggeration. In this case at least, neither the German nor the Egyptian governments did as much as lift a finger to try to solve the problem, or even address it. Is it because the people did nothing to express their opinion? I don't know. All I know is that that woman's country doesn't care about her.
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