Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off protests in Sweden and several Muslim countries when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said ...

In 2023, Momika set fire to a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, outside the Stockholm Central Mosque. He was later charged with "agitation against an ethnic group," on four occasions in the ...

Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi man who staged several burnings and desecrations of the Quran in Sweden in 2023, has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

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.

Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden.

Salwan Momika, 37, an Iraqi man, plans to seek asylum in Norway after facing a deportation order from Swedish authorities. Momika has been known for carrying out multiple Quran burnings in Sweden.

Salwan Momika, who sought refuge in Sweden from Iraq, is known for high-profile burnings of the Muslim holy book, which led to a Swedish deportation order in October 2023 that was not carried out.

Salwan Momika protests outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP) Not long after the murder in Stockholm, a man was convicted of a public order ...

Anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika, known for burning the Quran, was shot dead during his TikTok livestream in Sweden on Wednesday, according to local media. Newsweek has reached out to a ...

Salwan Momika speaks in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2023. Credit: ... Momika came to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence permit in 2021, according to SVT.

An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations ...