Salwan Momika, an Iraqi anti-Islam activist who burnt the Quran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking massive outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead in Sweden, the Associated Press reported on ...

Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. Credit: AP/Johan Nilsson. By The Associated PressUpdated January 30, 2025. Share. STOCKHOLM — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran ...

Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. Credit: AP/Johan Nilsson. By The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2025. Share. STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors said Friday they have ordered ...

Salwan Momika, 37, an Iraqi man, plans to seek asylum in Norway after facing a deportation order from Swedish authorities. Momika has been known for carrying out multiple Quran burnings in Sweden.

(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 burned Qurans at a slew of protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy ...

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 ...

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.

World Salwan Momika: Quran burnings for freedom or money? Despite sparking condemnation, affecting Sweden's image negatively, anti-Islamic firebrand continues desecrations of Muslim holy book ...

Country officials said that Salwan Momika had committed a serious crime as the immigration authorities refused to extend the individual's stay in Sweden. After burning the Quran, he said "I am not ...

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.