Momika, known for publicly burning copies of the Quran, was shot dead in an apartment in Södertälje during a live broadcast on TikTok. Swedish police detained five individuals for questioning in ...

While the religion news cycle in the U.S. has been dominated lately with tensions between church and state (or at least a Trump administration), in Sweden religion news has centered on a different ...

(Johan Nilsson/TT/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP) Swedish prosecutors on Thursday sought the arrest a young Syrian man for killing Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Koran in 2023 and sparked ...

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 ...

Swedish authorities are investigating the apparent slaying of an Iraqi anti-Islam activist known for burning the Quran and said the killing could have connections to another country. Sweden’s prime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salwan Momika seen here burning a Koran in Sweden in 2023 was shot dead in Stockholm as he awaited a verdict in his trial, File ...

Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings. In June 2023, the 38-year-old with a chequered past sparked outrage ...

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. A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor’s ...