1 day ago · Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off protests in Sweden and several Muslim countries when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said ...

1 day ago · STOCKHOLM (AP) — 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 desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and unrest ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

2 days ago · An anti-Islam campaigner who sparked violent protests when he burned the Koran outside a mosque has been shot dead in Sweden. Salwan Momika, 38, an Iraqi refugee, was shot in a house in Sodertalje ...

1 day ago · An Iraqi man who burned copies of the Koran in Sweden has been killed in a shooting, Swedish authorities say. Swedish police said Salwan Momika was shot dead in a house in Sodertalje, a town near ...

1 day ago · Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. Johan Nilsson/AP Photo What To Know. Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi man, was involved in several Quran burnings and desecrations in Sweden in ...

1 day ago · A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports. Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in ...

2 days ago · Police in Sweden have reportedly arrested five people after a man who repeatedly burnt the Quran was shot dead. The 2023 book burnings sparked outrage in Muslim countries.

1 day ago · Sweden in 2023 raised its terrorism alert to the second-highest level and warned of threats against Swedes at home and abroad after the Koran burnings, most of them by Momika, outraged Muslims and ...

1 day ago · An Iraqi refugee who burned the Koran in protest in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of Stockholm, authorities said Thursday, with Sweden's prime minister ...