Sweden in 2023 raised its terrorism alert to the second-highest level and warned of threats against Swedes at home and abroad after the Koran burnings, most of them by Momika, outraged Muslims and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Salwan Najem, a 50-year-old Swedish citizen, was given a suspended sentence and fined 4,000 crowns (£289) over the Koran burnings and derogatory comments he made about Muslims in the 2023 incidents.

Salim Iskef fled Syria - where Islamic State militants had killed his father - for Sweden, only to be gunned down this week ...

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 ...

Swedish Court Sentences Four to Prison for Participating in Islamic State STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish court on Monday found four men guilty of belonging to Islamic State, carrying out ...

A German court sentenced two Afghan men to several years in prison for planning an attack on Sweden's parliament and killing ...

A Swedish court acquitted three men of planning a terrorist crime but convicted them of involvement with the Islamic State in Somalia. The court found that the men had recruited members, spread ...

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, ...