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.

Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji received Sweden’s Chargé D’affaires, Jorgen Lindstrom, on Monday to discuss ...

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 ... Momika came to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence permit in 2021, according to SVT.

Salwan Momika arrived in Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and was granted a three-year residence permit in 2021. In the summer of 2024, the permit was extended for one year. The Swedish prosecutor's ...

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 ...

In August, Momika and a fellow protester Salwan Najem were charged with ... an “impediment to enforcement” of a deportation to Iraq. The month before, Iraq had requested his extradition ...

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 ...