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.

    • Phoenixz
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      252 months ago

      Freedom from religious persecution?

      He got the exact opposite of what he wanted you daft idiot

      • @[email protected]
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        -132 months ago

        In what way was he being religiously persecuted in Sweden before burning Korans? If you don’t think he intended provocation with such stunts, then you might be the draft idiot here. Again: justified? No. Predictable? Yes.

          • @[email protected]
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            -52 months ago

            Lol. Are you unfree just because there’s no limit to the offense you can cause before someone hurts you for it? Have you never agreed with the phrase “FAFO” or “talk shit get hit”?

        • Phoenixz
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          12 months ago

          In what way?

          Well, being murdered would be one way?

          • @[email protected]
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            02 months ago

            Damn he got murdered before burning Korans? Incredible he was still able to burn them then.

            • Phoenixz
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              -12 months ago

              Don’t be coy, you know perfectly nwell what I mean.

              He was murdered because of religious persecution.

              I’ve burned thousands of Qurans, it’s quite easy, you just download one and copy it a thousand times on a USB. Should I deserve death now too at the hands of extremist sky daddy worshippers?

              • @[email protected]
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                12 months ago

                I’m not being coy. You can do whatever you like, and no, you don’t “deserve death” for that. But the idea that you are being persecuted is in your imagination. Do I deserve death if I piss on the motorcycle of a Hells Angel? Am I persecuted if I am beaten for it? There was zero reason (other than provocation) for burning those Korans. He intended to provoke, and he succeeded. Congratulations.

                • Phoenixz
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                  -12 months ago

                  there was zero reason for burning those Korans

                  You are either spectacularly naive, or just plain lying your ass off, or you’re just trolling and honestly I’m not sure which it is.

                  He burned those Korans because one must be able to do that without being murdered. I am all against book burning but when a single book is burned to prove a point, I’m all for it.

                  In this case, the point was made by Muslims that they’re insane terrorist skydaddy believers who will murder anyone they disagree with. Fuck. That. Shit.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    02 months ago

                    You will never live in a world where there are not consequences for your actions, whether those consequences are right or wrong. People get offended, sometimes violently so, over all kinds of things. What point did this guy prove? “Muslims” didn’t kill him, one Muslim did.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 months ago

      He died for destroying a book, for burning paper, no human was hurt and he died because some religious extremist can’t control themselves.

      Great example of how religion needs to be properly regulated.