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. A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor ...
The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said. By Christina Anderson and Amelia Nierenberg ...
Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old refugee and anti-Islam activist, was attacked in his apartment late on Wednesday. The killing appears to have happened while he was livestreaming on TikTok.
An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...
Commentators are speculating that his killing is a revenge attack for his protests. Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday.
The Koran burning by Salwan Momika in front of a mosque nearly derailed Sweden's entry into NATO last year. Officials said he was shot while livestreaming just before midnight and was pronounced ...
Swedish police said Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi citizen, was killed in an apartment near Stockholm while recording a live online video on TikTok on Wednesday night. Five people have been ...