When the rally’s organizer, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi immigrant, set the holy book on fire she rushed to him with an activated fire extinguisher to put out the flames. However ...

The Iraqi Critic and Quran burner Salwan Momika sought asylum in Norway after reports of Sweden expelling him. The 37-year-old was faced with an executive order that ruled for deportation by ...

Over a week after the world was pulled into a vortex of rumours that Salwan Momika had been found dead, the former Iraqi militia leader who became a fierce critic of Islam, said he was alive.

Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi immigrant, tore pages from the Quran and set it on fire. On that day, Muslims around the world were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s major religious ...

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 ...

Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran ...

Stockholm – Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on March 21.

ALBAWABA - Controversial social media influencer and critic Salwan Momika took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account and said that Western countries and citizens made a "grave mistake when ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Iraqi man who carried out several Koran burnings in Sweden has died, a court in Stockholm said on Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city. Salwan ...

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.