Salwan Momika, an Iraqi-born Islam critic, was shot dead in his apartment in Södertälje, Sweden, on Wednesday night. Momika was known for burning copies of the Quran during protests in Sweden, which led to his prosecution for inciting religious hatred. The killing was livestreamed on TikTok and five people have been arrested in connection with the murder.
Iraqi-born Islam critic Salwan Momika was shot dead at a residence in Sweden on Wednesday night, just hours before he was due to be in court for the Swedish government’s prosecution of him for his Qur’an-burning protests.
38-year-old Salwan Momika was shot dead in an apartment in Södertälje, in Stockholm county, on Wednesday night around 11pm. The refugee, who was born into Iraq’s Assyrian Christian minority but who self-described as a “liberal atheist” had come to Sweden from Iraq in 2018 and given protection because he was at high risk of torture and “inhumane treatment” in his home country.the attack against Momika took place while the Islam critic was livestreaming on the TikTok platform, and that the killing was broadcast. Indeed, the paper states the livestream only ended later when a police officer entered the apartment and turned the phone off. Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. A police insider is reported to have said they are working on the theory a perpetrator accessed the apartment by the building’s roof. Momika rose to prominence in 2023 after he burned copies of the Qur’an four times at protests in Sweden, including outside a Stockholm mosque and the Iraqi embassy. Proponents of Qur’an burning, as well as wishing to protest Islam itself, say the extremely violent reactions to the burnings ironically prove their own points that Islam is dangerous and incompatible with Western society.Why do I need hundreds of police to protect me when I burn a book of the people of the religion of peace?”. Swedish public television broadcaster SVT’s crime correspondentit was well known in Sweden’s criminal underground that a price had been put on Momika’s head and money could be made by killing him. British campaigner Tommy Robinson, who is now in prison in the United Kingdom, interviewed Momika in 2024 and warned he faced “certain death”.Momika, along with another Qur’an burner, was charged with incitement against an ethnic group over the 2023 burnings and a verdict in the case was due to be heard in a Stockholm court this morning, some 12 hours after he was shot. A spokesman for the court said the ruling has been delayed to next month “Since it has been confirmed that one of the defendants has died, the sentence must be adjusted to the fact that it is not possible to sentence a deceased person”. While he characterised the bid to convict him for expressing his views in public as “legal persecution”, Momika nevertheless said “I am grateful for Sweden and I love Sweden and its people”. Sweden had, Dane Rasmus Paludan. The Judge told Paludan at sentencing “It is permissible to publicly criticize, for example, Islam and even Muslims, but the contempt for a group of people must clearly not exceed the limits of a relevant and responsible discourse”, and found that the activist had intended to “defame and insult Muslims”.in Germany over planning a terror attack against Sweden because of Qur’an burnings. The men intended to shoot police officers and other people at the Swedish Parliament.Meta Employees Protest Removal of Tampons from Men's Bathroom by Bringing TVIDEO: First Responders Honor and Salute U.S. Flag Draped Remains of D.C. Plane Crash VictimTrump Announces ‘No Survivors’ in Black Hawk, American Airlines Collision: ‘Tragedy of Terrible Proportions’Gabbard: Political Opponents Are Upset by ‘My Refusal to Be Anyone’s Puppet’
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