The suspect had announced his intention to burn the Quran in London on the internet before the event, claiming that he was doing it "for Salwan Momika." In 2023, Momika, an Iraqi immigrant ...

On Monday, Manchester magistrates’ court heard he had told officers he was protesting in solidarity with Salwan Momika, an anti-Islam activist who was shot dead in Sweden last week. The court ...

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Najem had been campaigning alongside Salwan Momika, who was involved in Quran-burning incidents. Momika was shot dead last week, on the same day he was due to receive a verdict in a separate case.

which he carried out together with Salwan Momika, who was shot dead last week. Najem and Momika stomped on and kicked copies of the Quran, wrapped them in pork and set fire to them, and made ...

The Stockholm district court was to have published its verdict against Momika and 50-year-old Salwan Najem the following day, but postponed it until Monday after Momika's killing. "There is a wide ...

Salwan Momika. Najem received a suspended sentence and a fine. The court ruled that while criticism of religion is allowed, the protests expressed contempt for Muslims. The burnings strained ...

His fellow campaigner, Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, was shot dead last week on the day he had been due to receive his verdict in a parallel case. No suspect has been charged yet in that killing.

Salwan Najem, a Swedish citizen, was given a suspended sentence and fines over the Koran burnings and derogatory comments he made about Muslims in the 2023 incidents, which led to unrest and ...

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