Egypt bans Iranian-issued 'Hijab Martyr' stamps

Mon Aug 17, 2009

Iran's release of a commemorative stamp to honor the pregnant Egyptian woman who was murdered in Germany has received an unexpected response from Cairo.

Marwa el-Sherbini, who was about four months pregnant, was brutally murdered on July 1 in a courtroom in the German city of Dresden.

She was suing her neighbor for insulting her and calling her a terrorist for wearing an Islamic head scarf, when the defendant approached the witness stand and stabbed her 18 times in front of her 3-year-old son.

Her brutal murder and the German media's belated and indifferent sent shockwaves around the world with Muslim groups calling for legal action against the courtroom officials who failed to ensure Marwa's safety.

The Tehran government also reacted to the sad incident, urging the German government to act appropriately to bring the perpetrators to justice.

In the days that followed her death, Iranian authorities decided to issue a limited collection of postage stamps as a tribute to her.

Egyptian authorities, however, responded coldly to the goodwill gesture, ordering the postal service to ban the entry of mail bearing this stamp.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/103771.html.