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 ...

Momika, an immigrant from Iraq, had gained notoriety in recent years for lighting copies of the Quran aflame during public demonstrations against Islam. Late last month he stepped onto his balcony and ...

An Iraqi refugee in Sweden has been killed hours before a ... five arrests in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Salwan Momika, who was reportedly shot in a house in the town of Sodertalje ...

He also asked: “Has the murder of Salwan Momika killed freedom of expression and human rights in Sweden and Europe?” In 2023, Sweden was at the centre of a global controversy as several Quran ...

Freedom of religion means that religious beliefs, or irreligious ones, can be criticized, even mocked, as happens frequently ...

Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, has been handed a suspended sentence after he staged public burnings of the Koran which led to unrest and caused strain between Muslim countries and Sweden ...

The Stockholm district court was to have published its verdict against Momika and 50-year-old Salwan Najem the following ... a suspended sentence, which in Sweden means that if he were to commit ...

Najem's fellow campaigner Salwan Momika, who was also involved in Quran ... exceeded the bounds of objective debate and criticism," Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Five suspects in the killing of Salwan Momika, who in 2023 repeatedly burned copies of the Koran, have all been freed, a prosecutor handling the case in Sweden said Friday.