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Swedish Police drop Quran burner's security privileges

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen English
  • 19 Jul 2023 18:02
2 Min Read

Salwan Momika, the Quran burner, alleges that the Swedish government offered him an ultimatum: to choose between freedom or security.

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  • Salwan Momika, 37  in front of Stockholm's largest mosque on Wednesday June 28 2023 (AFP)
    Salwan Momika, 37, in front of Stockholm's largest mosque on Wednesday June 28, 2023. (AFP)

In a video released on his personal account on Tiktok, Salwan Momika, the infamous Quran burner, announced that he was stripped of his security privileges by Swedish authorities.

"Today, the Swedish police has relinquished me of my security accomodations. The Swedish police has evicted me from the protected house I was staying at. The Swedish police has rendered me vulnerable to the Muslims," Mimki said in a self-filmed video. 

He then proceeded to allege that Swedish authorities have stripped him of his freedoom of speech. 

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"The Swedish police tried to make me compromise on my freedom in exchange for my safety. They have demanded, in text, that I refrain from criticizing Muslims and stop protesting. They even threatened to reconsider my status as an asylum seeker."

Momika held the Swedish police accountable for any harm that may befall him. 

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Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Quran on June 28 outside Stockholm's main mosque, as Muslims were celebrating their Adha holidays, and was granted a permit from Swedish authorities before carrying out his act. 

Later the Iranian Ministry of Security revealed details about the relationship between Momika and Israeli intelligence.

Reliable information indicates that Salwan Momika was born in Iraq in 1986 and started working for the Israeli Mossad in 2019, a statement from the Iranian Ministry of Security said.

It further stated that Momika was involved in transferring information from Iraqi resistance factions to Israeli intelligence in a bid to sow discord in Iraq.

After his stay in Sweden, according to Iranian security, Momika continued to serve the Israeli occupation under his new circumstances.

Iranian security confirmed that the act of violating the sanctity of the Holy Quran was meticulously designed and executed to create a dominant media wave and overshadow the horrifying and widespread crimes committed by the Israeli occupation, particularly in the oppressed and resistant Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.

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