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.

In 2023, the Swedish Migration Agency ruled that Salwan Momika should be expelled from the country. However, due to the threats against him in Iraq, the expulsion was not carried out, and instead ...

Country officials said that Salwan Momika had committed a serious crime ... that "The deportation decision cannot be enforced to Iraq as long as he risks persecution or other protection-based ...

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 ...

STOCKHOLM - Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Koran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on Friday.

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 ...

Salwan Momika was killed by unknown assailants in the apartment he was staying in. Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies ...

In August, Momika along with co-protester Salwan Najem, was charged with "agitation ... an "impediment to enforcement" of a deportation to Iraq. The month before, Iraq had requested his ...

Stockholm – Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been dismissed as suspects, a prosecutor said on March 21.