An Iraqi refugee in Sweden has been killed hours before a ... five arrests in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Salwan Momika, who was reportedly shot in a house in the town of Sodertalje ...

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 month he stepped onto his balcony and ...

On Jan. 29, Salwan Momika was shot to death in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. He had been investigated by Swedish ...

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 ...

Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings. In June 2023, the 38-year-old with a chequered past sparked outrage ...

Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, has been handed a suspended sentence after he staged public burnings of the Koran which led to unrest and caused strain between Muslim countries and Sweden ...

Najem's fellow campaigner Salwan Momika, who was also involved in Quran ... exceeded the bounds of objective debate and criticism," Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported.

The Stockholm district court was to have published its verdict against Momika and 50-year-old Salwan Najem the following ... a suspended sentence, which in Sweden means that if he were to commit ...

The ruling comes less than a week after Najem’s fellow campaigner, Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, was shot dead ... calling it a “threat” to Sweden’s democracy. “It must be met with ...