Sweden: Koran Burner Murdered

On Wednesday evening, Iraqi-born Salwan Momika was murdered in his apartment in Stockholm suburb as he was live streaming. Momika was controversial for a series of Koran burnings he carried out in Sweden in 2023-24. The below article from Insikt24 describes some of the happy reactions from immigrants in Sweden. (To this, I would add SOME immigrants-not all.)

Within hours, police arrested 5 people on suspicion of committing the murder.

RAIR Foundation USA has more details on the murder.

I recall that Momika had relocated to Norway. According to other reports, he was due to be in a Swedish court the following day. I assume he had returned from Norway to appear in court.

I have commented previously on Momika’s Koran burnings as well as those carried out by others. I do not support burning Korans since it is offensive to every Muslim on the planet not just the jihadists, terrorists, and Islamists. Momika caused huge international problems for Sweden and endangered the lives of others, not just his own. At the same time, I do not agree with prosecuting people for the act-let alone murdering them. 

The below article is translated by Fousesquawk.

Immigrants rejoice over the murder of Koran-burner Salwan Momika

1-30-25

After the news that Koran-burner Salwan Momika was murdered, comments from immigrants who are rejoicing over the murder are all over social media. Among other things, immigrants have expressed things like, “The filth deserved this”, “Finally”, and “Allahu Akhbar and Our Lord is not merciful”  in the comments section on the news. 

On Wednesday evening, Islam critic Salwan Momika was murdered in his apartment in Södertälje. According to as yet unconfirmed reports from a person who saw the livestream, Momika was shot on his balcony while he was smoking, when five shots were fired. When the murder took place, Momika had begun a livestream on the TikTok platform. A video has also been disseminated from the livestream that shows how police entered the apartment and shut down the livestream at the same time as rescue attempts can be heard.

On Thursday morning, comments appeared on social media from immigrants who rejoiced over the murder of Salwan Momika. Among other things, immigrants wrote in the comment section of Samnytt on Instagram and expressed things like,”The filth deserved this”, “Beautiful morning”, and “Finally”.  On other social media sites, comments can be read like, “Allahu Akhbar and our Lord is not merciful”. Many also wrote, “Karma” and several laughing emojis on various platforms. 

In 2023 and 2024, Salwan Momika became one of Sweden’s most controversial public figures when, among other things, he was accused of serving a foreign power after carrying out high-profile Koran-burnings. When Insikt24 reported and produced video reportage of part of the Koran burnings that Salwan Momika carried out, it got millions of views. Momika’s actions awakened strong international reactions, especially from Muslim countries, but in Sweden, he was also targeted by extensive investigations by the authorities and criminal trials. Although Koran-burnings have been found to be legal on several occasions and not considered to constitute hate against a group of people, prosecutors still chose to charge him, which many critics saw as an attempt to circumvent basic principles of freedom of expression.