Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings.In June 2023, the 38-year-old with a chequered past sparked outrage ...

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 ...

Protestor Salwan Momika kneels next to a Swedish flag outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023, where he plans to burn a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag.

Salwan Momika, Iraqi man who burned Quran in Sweden, killed in shooting. 12h. ... Iraqi protesters reacted by storming the Swedish embassy in Baghdad twice in July 2023, ...

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. CNN values your feedback 1.

One of them, identified by Swedish media as Salwan Momika, an Iraqi of Christian origin who lives in Sweden as a self-identified atheist, stepped on and kicked the Quran, but didn't set it on fire.

Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, July 20, 2023, online videos purported to show. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) ...

Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi man who staged several burnings and desecrations of the Quran in Sweden in 2023, has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden. Updated January 30, 2025 ...

When Salwan Momika burned the Quran, ... It later emerged that Mr. Momika was a former leader of an Iran-linked Christian militia. ... A mob vandalized Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad.

Salwan Momika, 37, an Iraqi man, plans to seek asylum in Norway after facing a deportation order from Swedish authorities. Momika has been known for carrying out multiple Quran burnings in Sweden.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound ...