Egypt has banned an Iranian postal stamp featuring a picture of Marwa Al-Sherbini, the Egyptian woman brutally murdered in a Dresden, Germany courtroom last July, reports Press TV.

Egyptian authorities responded coldly to the goodwill gesture from Iran, ordering the postal service to ban the entry of mail bearing the Al-Sherbini stamp, says Press TV. Iran says the stamp was a gesture meant to honor the martyrdom of Al-Sherbini, who was a victim of racism.

Al-Sherbini, who became known as the "Hijab Martyr," was suing her neighbor, a Russian immigrant, for insulting her and calling her a terrorist because she wore a headscarf. During the trial, the defendant managed to approach the witness stand and stab her18 times in front of here three-year-old son. Al-Sherbini was also four months pregnant at the time.

After Al-Sherbini's murder, the Iranian foreign ministry protested strongly to the German ambassador in Iran, says Al-Arabiya. Iran condemned Germany's delayed response and the nation's failure to protect minorities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed Al-Sherbini's murder on the German government and the judge and jury in the Dresden court. He criticized discrepancies between the treatment of citizens and non-citizens in Western societies, continues Al-Arabiya

"When a minor incident takes place in countries that are not on good terms with them, they issue a series of condemnations, but they do not respect the rights of their minorities," Ahmadinejad stated at the time.