The body of a Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial

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Marwa Sherbini, 31, was stabbed 18 times by Axel W, who is now under arrest in Dresden for suspected murder


Marwa El Sherbiny was three months pregnant with her second child. Her 3-year- old son, Mustapha, witnessed the knife attack in which her husband Elwy Okaz tried to fend off the attacker
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Her attacker had earlier been fined 750 euros (1,050 dollars) for insulting al-Shirbini at a playground in 2008. She filed charges after he called her a 'terrorist,' apparently because she was wearing a headscarf.

Prosecutors are preparing murder charges against the man, whom they described as 'a fanatical racist
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In Egypt, newspapers have dubbed al-Shirbini 'the martyr of the veil.' Her funeral took place in Alexandria, with Senior Egyptian officials in attendance, according to reports.

Germany's ambassador Bernd Erbel and several senior Egyptian diplomats and officials supported al-Shirbini's family at Cairo Airport when her body was flown in from Germany late Sunday. A small crowd of people also gathered at the airport, some carrying signs saying 'an innocent killed
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Calls for a general boycott of German goods to protest 'Nazi hate against Muslims' have appeared on Egyptian online forums and social- networking sites in recent days.

Pharmacists from Alexandria have called for a week-long boycott of German medicines, a leading member of their professional syndicate said in remarks carried by the website of Egypt's leading opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood
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The Brotherhood said it was considering organizing protests in front of the German consulate in Alexandria, and that members would raise the issue in Parliament



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'Marwa had the right to be protected as a witness in a court ... The German government is responsible for her death,' she continued, calling for protesters to take their case to the German news media, which she said had 'ignored' the case
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Okaz, described Monday how he was unable to help his wife fend off the attacker
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'Marwa is dead and I couldn`t save her,' the 32-year-old, told Germany's mass-circulation newspaper Bild in the hospital where he is recovering from wounds suffered in the frenzied attack.

Okaz suffered serious injuries to his lungs and liver in the July 1 attack, and was also shot in the leg by a policeman who tried to overpower the assailant.


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Husband Elwi Okaz is also in a critical condition in hospital, after being injured as he tried to save his wife.
Ms Sherbini had sued her killer after he called her a "terrorist" because of her headscarf.

The case has attracted much attention in Egypt and the Muslim world.
German prosecutors have said the 28-year-old attacker, identified only as Axel W, was driven by a deep hatred of foreigners and Muslims