Salwan Najem was fined and given a suspended sentence over staging public burnings of the Quran. The court dropped the case against fellow campaigner Salwan Momika, who was shot and killed last week.
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Salwan Najem was fined and given a suspended sentence over staging public burnings of the Quran. The court dropped the case against fellow campaigner Salwan Momika, who was shot and killed last week.
Salwan Najem (r) speaking at an anti-Islam protest action in Malmo, Sweden alongside Salwan Momika (l) who was shot dead on January 31, 2025
The Stockholm district court said the convicted Najem and the late Momika both desecrated the Quran and made offensive statements about Islam -DW.
