Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even tied the Quran burnings to Stockholm’s bid to join NATO, suggesting he would hold up the process if Swedish authorities kept granting permits for the ...

Five men were arrested just hours after the shooting but were all released two days later. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors said Friday they have ordered the release of five men who were arrested after the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings.

Swedish police allowed his demonstrations ... to hatred because of statements they made in connection with the Quran burnings. A verdict was supposed to be handed down on Thursday morning.

An Iraqi man who publicly burned the Quran several times in Sweden has been killed, according to Swedish authorities. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city. Salwan ...

In October 2023, a Swedish court convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred with a 2020 Quran burning, the first time the country’s court system had tried the charge for desecrating Islam’s ...

In response to the Quran burnings, protesters stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad and carried out a firebomb attack on the Swedish diplomatic mission in Beirut. Sweden eventually raised its ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a judge in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a court in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.