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.

  • liyunxiao@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    So how long have you sided with the Nazis and fundamentalist Christians?

    Because now you’re excusing their book burning.

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      8 hours ago

      What a take.

      You see the difference of an individual burning a book that he owns and leaving your books alone and the state burning all the books and forbidding you from accessing them… right?

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        2 hours ago

        …what does the state have to do with it? Fundamentalist Christians in the US burned books without state power. Nazis regularly encourage book burning and they haven’t had state power in a few decades.

        This Nazi, for instance, did not have state power behind him. Just a group of sycophants encouraging his antics.

        If you’re on the side of a book burning Nazi nut job, you’re the bad guy.

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          15 minutes ago

          What has the state to do with it? Everything. I’m all for nazis burning books, clothes or wood. As long as it’s their own and they don’t harm anyone. I don’t know if he was a Nazi, he was full in his right to burn his own property. If you are worried about what someone does with his own shit, you might be the Nazi.