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.

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    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?

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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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      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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          How exactly was an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden persecuting anyone? Are we using the word persecution to mean whatever the fuck we like now?