Five arrested after anti-Islam campaigner shot dead in Sweden ahead of Quran burning trial - Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, 38, ...

Salwan Momika, known for burning the Quran in Sweden, has been shot dead at his home. His actions incited global outrage and ...

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. By Christina Anderson and Amelia Nierenberg ...

Salwan Momika, 38, was an Assyrian Catholic who fled to Sweden several years ago. Back in 2023, he arranged for several burnings of Islam's scripture and videoed them in open protest of how this book ...

The Quran-burning incidents had previously triggered widespread outrage across Muslim countries. A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned ...

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 Momika ... in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and unrest in many places. The Stockholm District Court said a verdict scheduled Thursday in a trial in which Momika was a defendant ...

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian asylum-seeker ... “The Koran is a sacred book to Muslims, and treating it as you did is going to cause extreme distress,” said the presiding judge, Margaret ...

Salwan Momika ... without specifying if the gunman was among them. Momika had burned and desecrated copies of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, either in public or in social media broadcasts ...

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 ...