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Quran burnings

Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
October 16, 2025, 11:54 am
Sweden identifies Syrian suspected of murdering Quran-burning activist
PM said in January there was ‘obviously a risk’ that the killing of Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika was linked to foreign powers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Far-right US Congress candidate Valentina Gomez, a Republican from Texas, burns a Quran in an advertisement posted on August 26, 2025. (Screen capture via X)
August 27, 2025, 11:39 am
‘Stop Islam’: Far-right US House candidate in Texas burns Quran in campaign ad
Colombian-American influencer Valentina Gomez, who came in 6th last time she ran for office, uses flamethrower against Islamic holy book, winning praise from Trump confidante
By ToI Staff
Salwan Najem (Youtube screenshot)
February 3, 2025, 7:03 pm
Swedish court convicts Quran burner of hate crimes, days after his ally was killed
Salwan Najem ‘expressed contempt for the Muslim ethnic group,’ court says, adding he and partner Salwan Momika — shot Thursday — exceeded free speech protections ‘by a wide margin’
By Reuters
Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
January 31, 2025, 2:39 am
Iraqi man who burned Qurans in Sweden shot dead during livestream
Prosecutors says 5 suspects arrested over murder of Salwan Momika, which took place just before judge was set to announce verdict in his incitement trial
By AP and ToI Staff
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. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
September 24, 2024, 12:29 pm
Sweden says Iran was behind mass text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings
Officials say Islamic Revolutionary Guard breached major Swedish text messaging company, sent out 15,000 messages aiming to ‘destabilize’ country
By Agencies
Police secure the area in front of the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen, where Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan announced he would burn a copy of the Quran on January 27, 2023. (Sergei GAPON / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 7:53 pm
Sweden charges activist with hate crime over 2022 Quran burning
Rasmus Paludan, head of far-right Hard Line party in Denmark, is charged with ‘agitation against an ethnic group’; Sweden says Quran burnings can be protected, depending on context
By AFP and ToI Staff
An IDF soldier seen throwing a Quran into a fire in Gaza. (X screengrab)
May 24, 2024, 5:48 pm
IDF opens probe after social media posts show troops burning Quran, other books in Gaza
IDF says ‘severe’ incidents are ‘inconsistent with values’; Military Police’s findings to be submitted to Military Advocate General for review
By Emanuel Fabian
Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
March 27, 2024, 5:10 pm
Sweden’s Quran burner says he is leaving for Norway over threat of deportation
Christian Iraqi Salwan Momika, who drew outrage from Muslim world with torching of Islam’s holy tome, says Swedish freedom of expression and rights laws are ‘a big lie’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Paramilitary troops stand guard with riot gear to ensure security following attacks by a Muslim mob angry over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran near Faisalabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP/K.M. Chaudary)
March 22, 2024, 10:44 am
Pakistani court sentences woman to life in prison for burning pages from Quran
Muslim woman denied the charge amid accusations that blasphemy allegations often used to intimidate religious minorities and to settle personal scores
By AP
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, center, waves as he stands with Hezbollah members and lawmakers in southern Lebanon near the Israel border on April 28, 2023. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 30, 2023, 11:39 pm
Iran threatens to retaliate against Israel after strike on Aleppo airport
‘Criminal practices’ will not go without a response, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian vows during visit to Damascus
By Agencies
Scores of angry protesters burn the Swedish and Netherlands flags after Friday prayers outside Mohammad al-Amin Mosque to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by activists in the European countries in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, January 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 25, 2023, 4:47 pm
Danish bill would make it illegal to burn Quran or other religious texts  
A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by anti-Islam activists has sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries
By JAN M. OLSEN
A counter-demonstrator extinguishes a Quran on fire outside the Iranian embassy, in Stockholm, Friday, August 18, 2023. A woman with a fire extinguisher on Friday raced toward the man who set fire to a Quran outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm but was stopped by plain clothes officers. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
August 18, 2023, 7:27 pm
Woman interrupts Sweden Quran-burning, sprays activist with fire extinguisher
Anti-Islam activist unhurt and continues his Quran-burning protest outside Iranian embassy after police detain woman
By AP
Supporters of a radical Islamist party 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan' burn a representation of a Swedish flag during a rally to denounce burning of Islam's holy book Quran, in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 7, 2023. (Fareed Khan/AP)
August 14, 2023, 3:20 pm
Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after threats over Quran desecrations
National security adviser says terror groups have called for attacks against country, making it a ‘priority’ target
By AP
Illustrative: Hezbollah supporters chant slogans as they burn representations of the Swedish flag during a rally in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
August 10, 2023, 4:34 pm
Molotov cocktail thrown at Swedish embassy in Beirut amid Quran-burning tensions
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom says ‘it was sheer luck that no one was injured’ in incident, amid widespread anger in Muslim world against Stockholm
By AFP
Protestor Salwan Momika appears outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, July 20, 2023, where he burned a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP)
July 31, 2023, 7:05 pm
As another Quran burned, Sweden says it’s seeking action on holy book desecrations
Justice minister says Stockholm conducting ‘process of analysis’ amid outrage over repeated incidents
By AFP and ToI Staff
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