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 ...

Five people arrested over murder as the Swedish prime minister said the shooting could be linked to a foreign power.

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

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.

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 ...

A man of Iraqi origin, who stirred outrage across the globe in 2023 by burning copies of the Quran, was shot dead inside his house on late Wednesday in Sweden, authorities confirmed. Swedish media ...

Momika, an immigrant from Iraq, had gained notoriety in recent years for lighting copies of the Quran aflame during public ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man known for his controversial acts of burning multiple copies of Islam's holy text, the Quran, has been found dead in Sweden, according to a report from the Associated ...

Freedom of religion means that religious beliefs, or irreligious ones, can be criticized, even mocked, as happens frequently ...

He also asked: “Has the murder of Salwan Momika killed freedom of expression and human rights in Sweden and Europe?” In 2023, Sweden was at the centre of a global controversy as several Quran ...