Tehrani citizens held symbolic funeral for the ‘Hijab’s Martyr’, Marwa Sheribini, the Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death by a man at German Dresden courtroom on July 1. According to IRNA, in the funeral that was held after weekly Friday prayers congregation, the demonstrators chanted `O my martyred sister! Congratulations on your martyrdom’, `I swear by your holy blood that your path will be trodden,’ `Down with Israel’ and `Down with the US’, thus voicing outrage at the merciless killing of the Muslim woman.

In the ceremony, Tehrani women carried the symbolic coffin from Tehran University to Palestine Square.
The participants condemned silence of the so-called advocates of human rights in the West against the killing, calling for investigation of the case by both Iranian Judiciary and international courts.
They called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to ponder on growth of racism and fascism in Germany.
They referred to Merkel’s recent claims and concern over violation of democracy and human rights in Iran and said, “She had better deal with growth of fascism and racist ideology in Germany.”
The 32-year-old pregnant Egyptian woman, Mrs. Sheribini, dubbed the “Hijab’s martyr”, was stabbed to death by a German man in Dresden courtroom east of Germany on July 1 as her young son watched.