Salwan Momika, 37, an Iraqi man, plans to seek asylum in Norway after facing a deportation order from Swedish authorities. Momika has been known for carrying out multiple Quran burnings in Sweden.

New Delhi: In 2023, Iraqi activist Salwan Momika sparked global outrage by desecrating the Quran in front of a mosque in Stockholm on the first day of Eid ul-Adha. He tore pages from the book ...

Salwan Momika: Five arrested after Iraqi who led Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead - The anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead hours before a verdict was due in a trial over his burning the Quran ...

STOCKHOLM — 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 and ...

FILE - Protestor Salwan Momika waves the Swedish flag outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, on July 20, 2023, where he plans to burn a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. Momika, an Iraqi man ...

Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. ... — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, ...

Police operations in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025, following the shooting of Salwan Momika in an apartment late last night. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP) ...

(CNN) — Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities.

Salwan Momika, top left, during a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy on before setting fire to the Quran, in Stockholm, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

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 and desecrations ...

Police operations in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025, following the shooting of Salwan Momika in an apartment late last night. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP) ...