Momika, along with co-protester Salwan Najem, went on to stage several similar protests, in one instance outside Iraq's embassy in Stockholm -- although he refrained from burning it on that occasion.

A man of Iraqi origin, who stirred outrage across the globe in 2023 by burning copies of the Quran, was shot dead inside his ...

He died soon after in hospital. Momika was killed just hours before a Stockholm court was due to rule whether he and co-defendant Salwan Najem were guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. According to ...

The verdict came just days after the man's co-defendant Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi Christian, was shot dead late Wednesday in an apartment southwest of Stockholm. The Stockholm district court ...

The organizers, Iraqi immigrants Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, who are already facing criminal charges for inciting hatred over similar demonstrations previously, burned several pages from the ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said. Stockhom District Court has ...

He died soon after in hospital. Momika was killed just hours before a Stockholm court was due to rule whether he and co-defendant Salwan Najem were guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. According to daily ...

Momika tore pages from the Quran and set them on fire. On July 20, Momika and another organizer, Salwan Najem, kicked the sacred book in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. On July 31 and ...

ALBAWABA - Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika was reportedly said to be "found dead" inside his house in Norway, unconfirmed reports emerge on social media. Salwan Momika, who is well known to be a ...

In August, Momika along with co-protester Salwan Najem, was charged with "agitation against an ethnic group" on four occasions in the summer of 2023. According to the charge sheet, the duo ...