Elwy Ali Okaz (R) the husband of late Marwa El-Sherbiny, goes through security checks as he arrives at the district court in Dresden, Germany November 4, 2009. The trial of a man, defendant Alex W. , accused of killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom entered a second week on Monday amid tight security, in a case that has incensed many in the Islamic world. The stabbing in July of 31-year-old Marwa El-Sherbiny, pregnant and a mother to a 3-year-old, prompted accusations that Germany tolerated xenophobia and anti-Islamic views and caused protests in Egypt and Iran. The killing happened in a court in Dresden where the attacker, a German of Russian origin, was appealing a conviction for insulting Sherbiny by calling her an "Islamist", "terrorist" and "slut" when she asked him to make room for her son to play on swings in a playground. The killer also stabbed Sherbiny's husband and to make matters worse, German police then shot the husband in the leg, having mistaken him for the attacker. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

Elwy Ali Okaz (R) the husband of late Marwa El-Sherbiny, goes through security checks as he arrives at the district court in Dresden, Germany November 4, 2009. The trial of a man, defendant Alex W. , accused of killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom entered a second week on Monday amid tight security, in a case that has incensed many in the Islamic world. The stabbing in July of 31-year-old Marwa El-Sherbiny, pregnant and a mother to a 3-year-old, prompted accusations that Germany tolerated xenophobia and anti-Islamic views and caused protests in Egypt and Iran. The killing happened in a court in Dresden where the attacker, a German of Russian origin, was appealing a conviction for insulting Sherbiny by calling her an "Islamist", "terrorist" and "slut" when she asked him to make room for her son to play on swings in a playground. The killer also stabbed Sherbiny's husband and to make matters worse, German police then shot the husband in the leg, having mistaken him for the attacker.

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