(AFP) In less than a month, Sweden-based Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika has twice stoked international outrage by desecrating the Koran at Stockholm protests. Despite his previous low profile, his past has been far from a quiet affair.
In late June, the 37-year-old sparked outrage when he stomped on the Koran and put on it strips of bacon before lighting a few pages on fire, then slamming it shut and kicking it like a football.
On Thursday, Momika staged another protest in Stockholm, stomping on and kicking a copy of the Muslim holy book outside Iraq’s embassy — although he refrained from burning it.
At both protests, Momika, sporting square sunglasses, has appeared defiant in the face of shouting counter-[protesters], smirking in reaction to the obscenities shouted at him.
