Salwan Momika caused widespread anger when he staged multiple Koran burnings in 2023. He was due to receive a verdict in a criminal trial in connection with the burnings today.

A n 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 ...

STOCKHOLM - 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 also ...

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 month he stepped onto his balcony and ...

Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, has been handed a suspended sentence after he staged public burnings of the Koran which led to unrest and caused strain between Muslim countries and Sweden ...

Freedom of religion means that religious beliefs, or irreligious ones, can be criticized, even mocked, as happens frequently ...

HELSINKI - 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 ...

A Swedish court sentenced an anti-Islam activist to a suspended sentence and a fine on Monday after finding him guilty of hate crimes, Deutsche Welle reported. Salwan Najem, a Swedish citizen ...

Salwan Momika staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several ...

Two Afghan nationals were sentenced in Germany for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament and supporting the Islamic ...

Man Found Guilty of Hate Crime Over Sweden Koran Burnings STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish court found an anti-Islam campaigner guilty on Monday of hate crimes involving staging public burnings of ...

Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, was given a suspended sentence and fined 4,000 crowns ($358) over the Koran burnings and derogatory comments he made about Muslims in the 2023 ...