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.

In 2023, the Swedish Migration Agency ruled that Salwan Momika should be expelled from the country. However, due to the threats against him in Iraq, the expulsion was not carried out, and instead ...

Country officials said that Salwan Momika had committed a serious crime ... that "The deportation decision cannot be enforced to Iraq as long as he risks persecution or other protection-based ...

the murder of Salwan Momika. Momika, an immigrant from Iraq, had gained notoriety in recent years for lighting copies of the Quran aflame during public demonstrations against Islam. Late last ...

Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations ... It said Momika came to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence permit in 2021. Prosecutors said five people ...

Relations between Iraq and Sweden deteriorated in July of ... The move was in response to the Swedish authorities granting permission to Salwan Momika, an Iraqi diaspora member in Sweden, to ...

STOCKHOLM - Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Koran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on Friday.

Salwan Momika was killed by unknown assailants in the apartment he was staying in. Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies ...

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 ...

A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden. Salwan Momika was killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm, on Wednesday evening, prosecutors told the ...