15 hours 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 ...

18 hours 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 …

11 hours ago · Salwan Momika, Iraqi man who burned Quran in Sweden, killed in shooting. Five people arrested over murder as the Swedish prime minister said the shooting could be linked to a foreign power.

14 hours 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 ...

11 hours ago · Anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika, known for burning the Quran, was shot dead during his TikTok livestream in Sweden on Wednesday, according to local media. Newsweek has reached out to a ...

Salwan Sabah Matthew Momika (Arabic: سلوان صباح ماثيو موميكا; Syriac: ܡ ܫܡ ܤܐܡ ܫܒܐ ܡܕ݁ܡܳܝ; 23 June 1986 – 29 January 2025) was an Iraqi Assyrian-Aramean [2] [3] refugee in Sweden and atheist anti-Islam activist, who was known for arranging public demonstrations where he burnt and critised the Quran. [4]

15 hours ago · The anti-Islam activist who sparked outrage and riots in Muslim-majority countries over his repeated Quran burnings in 2023 in Sweden, was killed on late Wednesday evening at his home, local media reported. Salwan Momika was set to stand trial over hate incitement charges on Thursday. A judge at the Stockholm District Court, Göran Lundahl, confirmed that …

8 hours ago · Salwan Momika, an asylum seeker in Sweden and anti-Islam campaigner, sparked waves of outrage throughout parts of the Muslim world in 2023 when he burned a copy of the Quran outside a mosque ...

12 hours ago · Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Qur'an-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities.

Oct 26, 2023 · Sweden’s Migration Agency made the decision this week after determining that Salwan Momika had provided false information in his application for asylum, Swedish broadcaster TV4 reported Thursday. An order of deportation was issued but placed on hold for security reasons, a Migration Agency official told the television station Thursday.