The Iraqi prosecutor general’s office has sent an arrest warrant to the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) for Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi-born refugee in Sweden, who ...

Salwan Momika, 37, stomped and kicked the Koran but left the protest without burning pages of the book - as he had done less than a month earlier at a similar protest outside Stockholm's main mosque.

Al Sadr demanded authorities withdraw the Iraqi nationality of Salwan Momika – the organizer of the one-man Quran protest in Stockholm – who immigrated to left Iraq for Sweden five years ago.

Baghdad has asked Sweden to extradite Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who stoked international outrage by desecrating the Quran, he and his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday. “Iraq wants him extradited ...

Salwan Momika burned Qurans at a slew of protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy ...

Iraqi protesters stormed Stockholm’s embassy in Baghdad twice in July 2023 and the Iraqi government expelled Sweden’s ambassador and recalled its charge d’affaires. In August, a Swedish prosecutor ...

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.

Sweden-based Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, 37, stomped and kicked the Koran but left the protest without burning it, just weeks after he set fire to pages of the book outside Stockholm’s main mosque.

Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, 37, stomped on the holy book outside a mosque in Stockholm on Wednesday while Muslims were celebrating Eid al-Adha around the world. The action has been condemned by ...

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 ...

Stockholm (AFP) – Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings. Issued on: 30/01/2025 - 15:18 Modified: 30/01 ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Friday, venting their anger after an Iraqi man burned a copy of the Quran in Stockholm.Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika stomped on ...