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.

  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Liberals really hate Nazis.

    Unless the Nazi is being Nazi against Muslims instead of Jews. Then they love free speech.

    As the saying goes, the only good Nazi

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        Burning religious books is Nazi behavior. Nazis burnt plenty of religious books. What is next KKK rallies being protests?

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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          There is a difference between book burning as censorship and book burning as protest

          Notably the scale and ability to acquire the book afterwards

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            Indeed. This person burned books to incite hate. Like the Nazis.

            Can a person also commit Elon salutes in public because “they do not hurt anyone”?

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              You choose to believe in your stupid religion. You don’t choose to be a race or sexual orientation so you’re making a false equivalency

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              Indeed. This person burned books to incite hate.

              We can’t say that because we didn’t get the verdict

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          Nazis also drank water and breathed air

          Guess you’re a Nazi if you do those things

          The reason something is done is important

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      So wanting freedom from religious persecution is the same as being a Nazi now?

      Interesting, I did not know that

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        He was free from religious persecution. Turns out he was the person who was doing the religious persecution and wanted to keep doing it.

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          ?

          He was murdered. I’m assuming for a second that it’s because of his actions prior, and with that assumption he will literally have been religiously persecuted.

          Turns out you’re full of it