The Stockholm district court stated that both Najem and Momika desecrated the Quran while making offensive remarks about Islam, its religious leaders, and mosque activities. According to Sweden ...

Counter-demonstrators and a large police force on site at Gustav Adolfs torg in Malmö, Sweden, at a public gathering where the organizer intended to burn a Quran. May 3, 2024. (Johan Nilsson/TT News ...

A man who repeatedly burnt the Quran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported today as police confirmed a man died in a shooting the day before.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors said Friday they have ordered the release of five men who were arrested after the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings ...

A Stockholm court convicted Salwan Najem of inciting ethnic hatred during four Quran burnings in 2023 ... The burnings strained Sweden’s ties with Middle Eastern nations and raised its national ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a judge in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.