STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings ...

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been ...

Quran burnings have also been happening in Denmark. But the extent of Sweden's freedom of expression laws means Swedish authorities have found the controversial public displays much harder to stop.

Counter-demonstrators and a large police force on site at Gustav Adolfs torg in Malmö, Sweden, at a public gathering where the organizer intended to burn a Quran. May 3, 2024. (Johan Nilsson/TT News ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said. Stockhom District Court has ...

Stockholm – Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on March 21.

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His interpreter quoted him as saying: "We will burn the Quran, we will say: rise, Sweden. This is democracy and it is dangerous if they say that we’re not allowed to do it." Momika earlier told ...

According to Anadolu, The Iraqi was recently deported from Sweden for staging a series of public Quran burnings which is the holy book in Islam and among Muslims. Country officials said that ...

The European Union has strongly condemned the recent Quran burning incident that took place in Sweden. In a statement, the European Union described the act as offensive, disrespectful, and a clear act ...

TASS/. Investigators have identified five suspects in the killing of Iraqi anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika over his burning of the Quran, the Swedish Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday.