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Protestor Salwan Momika waves the Swedish flag outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, on July 20, 2023, where he plans to burn a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. Momika, an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday March 27, 2024 that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP, File)

Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

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FILE - Protestor Salwan Momika outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Sweden has reportedly withdrawn the residence permit of an Iraqi man who staged a series of public desecrations of the Quran this year but has stayed his deportation, saying his life would be in danger if he were returned to Iraq. Sweden’s Migration Agency made the decision this week after determining that Salwan Momika had provided false information in his application for asylum, it was reported Thursday, Oct. 26. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP, file)

Report: Quran-burning protester is ordered to leave Sweden but deportation on hold for now

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