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 receive a sentence in Sweden.
A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden. Salwan Momika was killed in an ...
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, ...
Salwan Najem was fined and given a suspended sentence over staging public burnings of the Quran. The court dropped the case against fellow campaigner Salwan Momika, who was shot and killed last week.
The authorities did not say if they believed the killing was connected to Mr. Momika’s burning of the Quran, but Ulf Kristersson, Sweden’s prime minister, said that the country’s security ...
The man who burned the Quran in 2023, sparking massive protests, was shot in Sweden, reports AFP. Late on Wednesday evening, a 38-year-old man was shot in Södertälje. Information about the shooting ...
STOCKHOLM (AFP) — A Stockholm court on Monday convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred during four Quran burnings in 2023 that sparked outrage in Muslim countries, a verdict that reignited debate ...
According to the charge sheet, the two desecrated the Quran, including burning it, while making derogatory remarks about Muslims -- on one occasion outside a Stockholm mosque. "I'm next on the list," ...
Five people arrested over murder as the Swedish prime minister said the shooting could be linked to a foreign power.