STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish police arrested five people on Thursday after an Iraqi anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead hours before a court verdict was due in a trial over his burning the Koran, as ...

Salwan Momika was pictured burning a copy of the Koran in Malmo, Sweden, in September 2023 – one of several such stunts in which he took part - Johan Nilsson/Shutterstock An anti-Islam refugee who ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish court found an anti-Islam campaigner guilty on Monday of hate crimes involving staging public burnings of the Koran, in a ruling handed down five days after another man ...

Momika repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries — Johan Nilsson/TT An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in ...

(Bloomberg) -- For the first time, a Swedish man has been convicted of hate speech for a Koran-burning related offense. The verdict comes after a series of such demonstrations caused furor in the ...

COPENHAGEN, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would put two men on trial for setting fire to the Koran in a series of incidents last year that prompted outrage in the ...

A Swedish court handed a four-month prison term to the Danish far-right politician who started a series of Koran burnings that complicated the Nordic country’s accession to NATO. According to the ...

An Iraqi national who burned copies of the Koran in Sweden has responded to widespread social media claims that he died in early April after seeking protection in Norway. Salwan Momika, who sought ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Swedish prosecutor said on Friday he had decided to release from detention five suspects who were held over the killing on Wednesday of an anti-Islam campaigner. Salwan Momika, ...

STOCKHOLM, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Sweden's government is considering changing the Public Order Act to make it possible for police to deny permission for acts such as burning the Koran but only if they ...

Momika, who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries — Johan Nilsson/TT A man who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim ...

An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, investigators said Thursday, with Sweden's prime minister suggesting a ...