On Eid, in June 2023, Salwan Momika stunned the world as he stomped on a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, and then burnt it in front of Stockholm's largest mosque. A friend of his ...

Five men were arrested just hours after the shooting but were all released two days later. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New Delhi: In 2023, Iraqi activist Salwan Momika sparked global outrage by desecrating the Quran in front of a mosque in Stockholm on the first day of Eid ul-Adha. He tore pages from the book ...

Country officials said that Salwan Momika had committed a serious crime as the immigration authorities refused to extend the individual's stay in Sweden. After burning the Quran, he said "I am ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been ...

Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several ...

While the religion news cycle in the U.S. has been dominated lately with tensions between church and state (or at least a Trump administration), in Sweden religion news has centered on a different ...

TASS/. The organizer of the Quran-burning rallies, Salwan Momika, is leaving Sweden and will seek asylum in Norway, the Expressen newspaper reported. "I'm moving to a country that welcomes me and ...

An unidentified woman has attempted to prevent another Quran burning near the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported. When the rally’s organizer, Salwan Momika ...

A man who repeatedly burnt the Quran in 2023 in Sweden ... A Stockholm court was due to rule today whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at a slew of protests, was guilty ...

A Stockholm court convicted Salwan Najem of inciting ethnic hatred during four Quran burnings in 2023, just days after the murder of his co-defendant, Salwan Momika. Najem received a suspended ...

Stockhom District Court has convicted Salwan Najem over four Quran burnings, which he carried out together with Salwan Momika, who was shot dead last week. Najem and Momika stomped on and kicked ...