Sweden’s Migration Court of Appeal approves Quran burner’s deportation
The Iraqi immigrant Salwan Momika holds a copy of the Holy Quran and an Iraqi flag. Photo: AFP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Sweden’s Migration Court of Appeal approved the deportation of the Iraqi immigrant, Salwan Momika, who organized several protests in Sweden to desecrate the Holy Quran in 2023.
According to Swedish Radio Ekot, the Swedish court rejected Momika’s appeal and ratified the Swedish Migration Agency’s decision to deport him from the country.
The court explained that Momika had provided false information regarding his residence permit application and therefore upheld his deportation decision.
In June 2023, Momika, 37, tore up and burned several pages of a copy of the Holy Book outside Stockholm’s central mosque, after the Swedish police granted him permission to do so according to a judicial decision.
Following the incident, which sparked a wave of anger in the Arab and Islamic Region, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, ordered to withdraw the Iraqi charge d’affaires in Stockholm and expel the Swedish ambassador to Iraq.
Following the incident, Iraq called on the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to arrest the Quran burner in Sweden and extradite him to Baghdad.