Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to ...

The court argued that the motive of the Quran-burning incidents "clearly exceeded the bounds of objective debate and criticism," Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported. The Quran ...

Due to the Quran burnings and his disparaging remarks about Muslims in the 2023 events, which caused turmoil and stoked resentment toward Sweden in Muslim nations, Swedish national Salwan Najem ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor ...

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 ...

The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said. By Christina Anderson and Amelia Nierenberg ...

Salwan Momika staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, ...

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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 and desecrations ...