Swedish anti-Islam campaigner sentenced over Koran burnings …
4 days ago · Swedish anti-Islam campaigner sentenced over Koran burnings days after co-defendant shot dead Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, has been handed a suspended sentence after he staged ...
Killing of Salwan Momika - Wikipedia
Jan 30, 2025 · In April 2018, Momika applied for a refugee visa to Sweden, and he was since then, registered as an Iraqi refugee until April 2021 when he was granted a three-year temporary residence permit, which was due to expire in April 2024. [4] In 2023, Momika arranged a series of demonstrations against Islam.
Salwan Momika, Man Behind Quran Burning in Sweden, Is Killed
Jan 30, 2025 · The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said.
Man who burned Koran shot dead in Sweden, PM suggests link …
Jan 30, 2025 · Salwan Momika, who sparked unrest in Stockholm in 2023 when he burned the Koran outside a mosque, has been shot dead in Sweden. He was facing four counts of agitating an ethnic group and a trial ...
Sweden releases 5 arrested following the killing of an Iraqi who ...
6 days ago · Swedish prosecutors say 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.
Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead
Jan 31, 2025 · 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.
Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it …
Jul 20, 2023 · STOCKHOLM (AP) — A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden has sparked an angry reaction in Muslim countries and raised questions – including in Sweden – about why such acts are allowed.
Why are Sweden and Denmark having a crisis over the Koran?
Aug 3, 2023 · Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burnt and damaged several copies of the Koran in recent months, prompting outrage in the Muslim world and demands the Nordic governments ban...
Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test - BBC
Jul 27, 2023 · A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country's image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned.
Protester burns Koran at Stockholm mosque on Eid holiday
Jun 28, 2023 · A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO.