An Iraqi man who carried out Quran burnings in Sweden is killed in a shooting
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Swedish authorities say an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm.

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.

  • threshold_dwellerEnglish
    31·
    4 hours ago

    Nah, I was referring to June 1989 and of course the Uyghur genocide in Xianjiang which is ongoing today. But the CCP can’t even handle it being talked about online much less written about in actual printed books.

    When they stop blocking history from the Internet of an entire country, then we can talk about censorship . Until then, you aren’t very credible.

    edit: for the dear reader, what I am doing here is basically just whataboutism, which I generally try to avoid. But my interlocutor has been all over Lemmy whatabouting in defense of the CCP, so I felt compelled to respond in kind.

    • liyunxiao@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      4 hours ago

      The US’ attempt at a color revolution by stealing military weapons and using them to massacre civilians is taught in school, and the many problems that caused some members of the uighur people to visit Afghanistan and come back attempting terrorist actions, as well as the subsequent investment in Xinjiang that has since eliminated the crushing poverty that caused those desperate people to turn to fundamentalist terrorism is also widely and publicly known.

      When the US stops thinking their version of reality is correct when they famously run the world’s largest and most prolific ministry of truth, then we can talk about censorship. Until then you people are too brainwashed to interact with the majority of the world.

      I hope you guys get democracy soon.

      • threshold_dwellerEnglish
        31·
        4 hours ago

        Lol. Out of curiousity, do wumao get paid like weekly or is it per comment?

        • liyunxiao@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          16·
          4 hours ago

          If you legitimately think everyone that disagrees with you, over half the planets population, are all paid trolls or bots… Well it’s just terrible your country has no mental healthcare you can access without going broke and losing your job.

          I sincerely hope you join the world in the 21st century soon. It has to be awful living in the 1950s.

          • threshold_dwellerEnglish
            51·
            4 hours ago

            You’re not “everyone who disagrees with me”, you’re one of a few on Lemmywho are consistently CCP apologists. In this case, your being so open about it is kind of refreshing.

            So I will keep pointing out your hipocracy when you comment on fraught geopolitical issues, such as this. I assume you seek this dialog, else you’d be a bit more subtle.

            • liyunxiao@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              15·
              4 hours ago

              No, but you have a long history of claiming people on a website with a peak 40k user base are all bots and paid shills.

              So I’m not every account you’ve ever talked to. There’s not a global conspiracy targeting you. It’s good you can still admit that in your paranoia.