STOCKHOLM — 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 ...

Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings.

In Sweden, too, where both Salwan Momika and another individual, the far-right Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, repeatedly burned copies of the Quran, there have been mature responses from Muslims.

(CNN) — 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.

News Nation/World Sweden releases 5 arrested following the killing of an Iraqi who carried out Quran burnings Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. Credit: AP/Johan Nilsson ...

Sweden convicts Quran burner, days after co-protester Salwan Momika’s assassination He was handed a suspended sentence, which in Sweden means that if he were to commit another crime during a two ...

Salwan Momika, a former Iraqi militia leader who burnt the Quran several times, was reportedly shot dead at his apartment in Sweden. However, there is no official confirmation in this regard.

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi refugee in Sweden infamous for burning the Holy Quran, was shot dead in his apartment in Sodertalje city, Swedish state media reported on ...

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Protestor Salwan Momika, who planned to burn a copy of Koran and the Iraqi flag, is escorted by police to a location outside the Iraqi embassy, in Stockholm, Sweden July 20, 2023.

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — 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.

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.