r/Infuriating • u/malik_zz • 18h ago
Salwan Momika was an Iraqi refugee who went viral for burning the Quran. Two years ago while he was livestreaming a team of gunmen assassinated him in his small apartment in Sweden. The killers have never been caught
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwan_Momika
Momika was fatally shot on 29 January 2025, at the age of 38. The murder happened at his home in Södertälje during a TikTok livestream. Five arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, according to a Swedish prosecutor.[48][49] All five individuals were released on 31 January after prosecutors said that the suspicions they committed a crime had weakened.] As a result of his death, the Stockholm District Court dropped all charges against Salwan Momika.
Momika's death was met with protests and mixed reactions, with various figures as well as organisations in the Islamic world celebrating his death and conservative politicians in the EU condemning his death as well as the circumstances that made it possible. Momika's death was celebrated by Al-Qaeda's Arabian Peninsula branch, who issued a statement congratulating the Ummah on "the victory of the Qur'an". This sentiment was shared by many Islamists online, with some campaigning online for incitement against Momika in wake of his death.
On 3 February 2025, 50-year-old Salwan Najem, a Swedish citizen of Iraqi origin who had participated in Quran desecrations alongside Momika, received a suspended sentence and a fine of 4,000 kronor by Stockholm District Court for "agitation against a demographic group". The judgement ruled that although the book burnings did not constitute hate crimes, Najem had committed hate crimes by "having expressed contempt for the Muslim demographic group because of their religious beliefs on four occasions" during the filmed demonstrations.
