Salwan Najem was fined and given a suspended sentence over staging public burnings of the Quran. The court dropped the case ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Quran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of Stockholm, investigators said Thursday, with Sweden's prime ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

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 ...