An Iraqi man who carried out Quran burnings in Sweden is killed in a shooting
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Swedish authorities say an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

Summary

Salwan Momika, the Iraqi man who staged several Quran burnings in Sweden in 2023, was shot and killed in Sodertalje, near Stockholm.

His actions had sparked international outrage, riots, and diplomatic tensions. Swedish police confirmed a murder investigation is underway, and several arrests have been made.

Momika, who sought asylum in Sweden in 2018, faced charges of incitement to hatred, with a verdict scheduled for the day after his death.

His protests were permitted under free speech laws but led to legal action against him.

  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    819·
    7 hours ago

    Liberals really hate Nazis.

    Unless the Nazi is being Nazi against Muslims instead of Jews. Then they love free speech.

    As the saying goes, the only good Nazi

      • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        38·
        4 hours ago

        Burning religious books is Nazi behavior. Nazis burnt plenty of religious books. What is next KKK rallies being protests?

        • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          11·
          38 minutes ago

          Nazis also drank water and breathed air

          Guess you’re a Nazi if you do those things

          The reason something is done is important

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
          41·
          2 hours ago

          There is a difference between book burning as censorship and book burning as protest

          Notably the scale and ability to acquire the book afterwards

          • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            33 minutes ago

            Indeed. This person burned books to incite hate. Like the Nazis.

            Can a person also commit Elon salutes in public because “they do not hurt anyone”?

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      61·
      5 hours ago

      So wanting freedom from religious persecution is the same as being a Nazi now?

      Interesting, I did not know that

      • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        4 hours ago

        He was free from religious persecution. Turns out he was the person who was doing the religious persecution and wanted to keep doing it.

        • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
          31·
          2 hours ago

          How exactly was an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden persecuting anyone? Are we using the word persecution to mean whatever the fuck we like now?

          • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            31 minutes ago

            He was inciting hate against a population and advocating for their persecution. How severely disconnected and racist are people to not even see this obvious link?

            • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              12 minutes ago

              Is that what he was doing? Or was he protesting what in his own lived experience as a veteran of the war against ISIS was a religion that led to the persecution of his own people (Iraqi Christians)?

              This is not an easy case, there are many intersecting threads and it defies easy hot takes.