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

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 was shot to death in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. He had been investigated by Swedish authorities and ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee involved in Quran-burning protests in Sweden, was shot dead on Wednesday night. Momika faced hate crime charges and ha ...

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 ...

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

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.

A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qorans at a slew of protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred.

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 ...