The five were arrested in connection with the shooting of Salwan Momika ... was among those detained. Momika had burned and desecrated copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, either in public ...

These actions were seen as offensive by Muslims, and this heightened the concerns about Islamophobia. But who was Salwan ...

The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said. By Christina Anderson and Amelia Nierenberg ...

after the Quran burnings outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadist groups. Commentators are speculating that his killing is a revenge attack for his protests. Salwan Momika protests ...

The Quran-burning incidents had previously triggered widespread outrage across Muslim countries. A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned ...

On January 29, Salwan Momika, an Iraqi living in Sweden who had ... I am one such believer, and, as a Muslim, I see acts like burning copies of the Quran as obnoxious offenses unworthy of respect ...

An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...

The Koran burning by Salwan Momika in front of a mosque ... of the "risk that there were links to foreign powers." Momika's 2023 anti-Muslim Koran burning caused violent protests.

Salwan Momika ... in several Muslim nations, leading to riots and unrest in many places. The Stockholm District Court said a verdict scheduled Thursday in a trial in which Momika was a defendant ...

The anti-Islam activist who sparked outrage and riots in Muslim-majority countries over his repeated Quran burnings in 2023 in Sweden, was killed on late Wednesday evening at his home, local media ...