An anti-Islam protester who carried out several Quran burnings was shot dead in his apartment in Sweden, according to local media. Iraqi-born Salwan Momika, 38, who gained global notoriety for his ...

Najem's offending statements were made during four public events where Qurans were burned in Stockholm and led to public outrage within the Muslim community in Sweden and Islamic countries worldwide.

The man told Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter that he is trying to spark debate and expose a double standard in the treatment of Muslims and Jews in Sweden. He also said he believed a provocative ...

Fox News and, more particularly, certain right-wing websites have been conjuring the “Idyllic Sweden destroyed by Muslim refugees” line, complete with “no go” zones, sharia law ...

MALMO, Sweden (JTA) — This city is not the best place to fly rainbow flags emblazoned with a Star of David. Its crime rate — among the highest in Scandinavia — and a large Muslim community ...

Why? One possibility that people are reluctant to talk about is Sweden’s growing population of immigrants from Muslim-majority countries with very different cultures from liberal Sweden.

The Stockholm district court stated that both Najem and Momika desecrated the Quran while making offensive remarks about Islam, its religious leaders, and mosque activities. According to Sweden ...

Protesters threw stones at police and burned tires in southern Sweden late on Friday, authorities said, hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Quran-burning ...

Five people have been arrested in Sweden after an Iraqi anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead hours before a court verdict was due in a trial over his burning the Quran. The five were arrested in ...

Muslim countries and organizations across the world have protested strongly over the desecration of the Qur'an in Sweden. Thousands of people took to the streets in several countries to express their ...

Muslim leaders in Sweden have also denounced the incident. In a televised speech to lawmakers in Pakistan's parliament the previous day, Sharif asked why Swedish police allowed the burning of the ...