The book burning made me deeply uncomfortable. Not because I thought our little ritual was likely to demolish single-handedly ...

In October 2023, a Swedish court convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred with a 2020 Quran burning, the first time the country’s court system had tried the charge for desecrating Islam’s ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant who set off protests in Sweden and several Muslim countries when he burned a Quran in Stockholm in 2023, has been killed, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said ...

Iraqi at center of Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead before court verdict. Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of Islam’s holy book drew ire in the Muslim world.

A demonstrator holds up a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, June 30, 2023.

Protester Salwan Momika (centre) is escorted by police to a location outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 20, 2023, where he burnt a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag.

An Iraqi who burned the Quran in Sweden said on Wednesday that he was leaving the country for Norway after the Swedish government revoked his residency permit. 'Sweden doesn't respect me' Salwan ...

Danish-Swedish extremist and politician Rasmus Paludan as he burns a Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21, 2023. Tobias Hellsten/Wikipedia , CC BY-NC ...

In Sweden, there is no law specifically prohibiting the desecration of the Quran or other religious texts. The right to hold public demonstrations is protected by the Swedish Constitution.

A spate of incidents has created security fears—and diplomatic headaches—for the two countries.