Salwan Najem, who joined Mr. Momika in some protests and was also accused of burning a Quran, was a co-defendant in the case that was to be decided on Thursday. He is now set to receive his ...

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 ...

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.

Momika had been charged along with another activist, Salwan Najem, for "agitation against an ethnic or national group". Stockholm District Court had been scheduled to pass judgement at 11am on ...

Momika and co-protester Salwan Najem were in August charged with "agitation against an ethnic group" on four occasions in 2023. The charge sheet says the pair desecrated the Quran, including ...

At 11 a.m. today local time in Stockholm , the verdict in the case where Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, his friend, were both charged with incitement against a group of people after the Quran ...

The Stockholm District Court, which had been set to rule Thursday on whether Momika and co-defendant Salwan Najem were guilty of “agitation against an ethnic or national group”, said that it ...

The Stockholm District Court in 2023 charged Salwan Momika and a co-defendant, Salwan Najem, with incitement to racial hatred because of statements they made in connection with the Quran burnings.