The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said.

Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Quran burnings. In June 2023,

Salwan Momika, the Iraqi activist who carried out four Quran-burnings in 2023, was shot dead in his apartment on Wednesday. a day before a court was due to rule on whether he was guilty of hate crimes.