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Salwan Momika

Iraqi refugee and critic of Islam

  • Fame56.5
  • Momentum2.7
  • Activists rank#125
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame56.5
  • Momentum2.7
  • Activists rank#125
  • Wikipedia14.7K
Lived 1986–2025, aged 39
ActivistsActivist
  • Wikipedia
    32 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1986–2025
    Aged 39
Summary
Updated 2026-07-20

Salwan Sabah Matthew Momika was an Iraqi refugee, atheist activist and an ex-paramilitary member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). While living in Sweden, he gained fame for being an anti-Islam demonstrator who organized public demonstrations where he burnt and desecrated the Quran. Momika was assassinated outside his house on 29 January 2025 during a live broadcast on TikTok.

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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
56.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum2.7
Historical21.7
Source confidence75.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
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Category rank
#125
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