An Iraqi man who staged Quran burnings in Sweden was shot dead hours before he was set to receive a verdict on Thursday in a trial tied to the desecrations of Islam’s holy book that drew ...

Five men were arrested just hours after the shooting but were all released two days later. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sweden is on edge, as almost weekly demonstrations about the Quran trigger reactions across the country and diplomatic protests from abroad. In early September, police in the southern city of ...

STOCKHOLM, August 3. /TASS/. A police-authorized demonstration involving burning of the Quran took place on a beach at Lake Malaren outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm, not far from the ...

Five people have been arrested after the shooting death of Iraqi man Salwan Momika, who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden. The anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead hours before a court ...

Five men arrested in Sweden over the killing of Salwan Momika, who repeatedly burned copies of the Quran in 2023, have been ...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that Sweden has taken a "war stance" against the Islamic world for allowing the desecration of the Holy Quran. In a message issued by Iranian state media ...

A Stockholm court convicted Salwan Najem of inciting ethnic hatred during four Quran burnings in 2023, just days after the murder of his co-defendant, Salwan Momika. Najem received a suspended ...

A German court has sentenced two Afghan men to several years in prison for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament and killing lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Quran.

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"The investigation is still in its early stages, with extensive evidence collection underway, including forensic analysis and interrogations," the statement reads STOCKHOLM, January 30. /TASS/.