Mona Walter

{{short description|Swedish activist and social commentator (born 1973)}}

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| occupation = Activist, commentator

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Mona Walter (born 1973) is a Swedish activist, critic of Islam and social commentator. She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia and moved to Sweden as a refugee in 1994.

Biography

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Raised Muslim, Walter renounced Islam and became an atheist. She later became a Christian and published writings critical of Islam via her social media accounts and in press articles.{{cite news |title=Ex-Muslim: Koran Revealed a Religion I Did Not Like |url=https://cbn.com/news/world/ex-muslim-koran-revealed-religion-i-did-not |work=CBN News|first=Dale|last=Hurd|date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123215638/https://cbn.com/news/world/ex-muslim-koran-revealed-religion-i-did-not|archive-date=23 January 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://idag.no/forfulgt-konvertitt-advarer-mot-farene-ved-islam/19.24980|title=Forfulgt konvertitt advarer mot farene ved islam|trans-title=Persecuted convert warns about the dangers of Islam|first=Eli|last=Bondlid|work=Norge Idag|date=11 November 2016|language=no|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219112417/https://idag.no/forfulgt-konvertitt-advarer-mot-farene-ved-islam/19.24980|archive-date=19 February 2025|url-status=live}} She has lived with death threats since converting in 2006.{{cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/hotades-efter-att-ha-konverterat|title=Hotades efter att ha konverterat|trans-title=Threatened after having converted|first=Frida|last=Björk|work=SVT|date=17 April 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226215405/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/hotades-efter-att-ha-konverterat|archive-date=26 February 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/hon-blev-hotad-och-bespottad.f332b04e-374f-4e4e-9557-a7b2635f30fb|title=Hon blev hotad och bespottad|trans-title=She was threatened and mocked|first=Evalis|last=Björk|work=Göteborgs-Posten|date=16 October 2014|language=sv|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250219112933/https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/hon-blev-hotad-och-bespottad.f332b04e-374f-4e4e-9557-a7b2635f30fb|archive-date=19 February 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Hannler |first1=Oskar |title=Mona Walter går under jorden efter islamkritik |trans-title=Mona Walter goes into hiding after criticism of Islam|url=https://www.dagen.se/mona-walter-gar-under-jorden-efter-islamkritik-1.98425 |work=Dagen |accessdate=16 October 2018 |language=SV |date=29 July 2014|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130827/https://www.dagen.se/mona-walter-gar-under-jorden-efter-islamkritik-1.98425|archive-date=26 September 2018|url-status=live}} Her opinions on the threat she believes Islam poses to the Western world have caused controversy.{{cite web|url=http://www.dagen.se/livsstil/mona-ger-mod-%C3%A5t-kristna-somalier-1.96615|title=Mona ger mod åt kristna somalier|trans-title=Mona gives courage to Christian Somalis|last=Sverker|first=Jonatan|date=22 January 2014 |language=SV |work=Dagen|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501194954/http://www.dagen.se/livsstil/mona-ger-mod-%C3%A5t-kristna-somalier-1.96615|archive-date=1 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3993&artikel=6189140|title=Kontroversiell föreläsare rör upp känslor i Rinkeby|trans-title=Controversial lecturer stirs up emotions in Rinkeby|first1=Mona Ismail|last1=Jama|first2=Kenadid|last2=Mohamed|first3=Anders|last3=Ljungberg|language=SV |work=Sveriges Radio|date=12 June 2015 |accessdate=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004092142/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3993&artikel=6189140|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/regionalt/stockholm/rinkeby-folkets-hus-staller-in-ytterligare-en-forelasning|title=Folkets Hus stoppade ytterligare en föreläsning|trans-title=The People's House stopped another lecture|work=SVT|language=sv|date=15 June 2015|accessdate=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004042307/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/regionalt/stockholm/rinkeby-folkets-hus-staller-in-ytterligare-en-forelasning|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Walter |first1=Mona |title=Vem är en riktig muslim? |trans-title=Who is a true Muslim?|url=http://www.gp.se/debatt/vem-%C3%A4r-en-riktig-muslim-1.113168 |website=Göteborgs-Posten |accessdate=16 October 2018 |language=SV |date=9 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016164903/http://www.gp.se/debatt/vem-%C3%A4r-en-riktig-muslim-1.113168|archive-date=16 October 2018|url-status=live}} Her analyses of Islam have been considered "anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, or racist in nature" by both Muslims and non-Muslims.{{cite journal |last1=Larsson |first1=Göran |title="Most Muslims are Like You and I, but 'Real' Muslims . . .": Ex-Muslims and Anti-Muslim Sentiments |journal=Journal of Muslims in Europe |date=28 October 2016 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=205–223 |doi=10.1163/22117954-12341327 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jome/5/2/article-p205_5.xml |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=en |quote=[M]any Muslims and non-Muslims alike perceive the content of the program and the analysis proposed by Mona Walter as anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, or racist in nature.|url-access=subscription }} In August 2015, Walter and a camera team from SVT news programme Aktuellt were attacked when they walked through the Stockholm district of Rinkeby.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/anklagar-svt-for-bortklippta-bilder/|title=Anklagar SVT för bortklippta bilder|trans-title=Accuses SVT of cut images|first1=Mimmi|last1=Nilsson|first2=Magnus|last2=Hellberg|first3=Anton|last3=Emanuelsson|work=Expressen|date=25 August 2015 |language=SV |accessdate=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004002500/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/anklagar-svt-for-bortklippta-bilder/|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=live}} Eggs were thrown at the broadcaster's car.{{cite web|url=http://www.dagen.se/mona-walter-jagades-bort-fr%C3%A5n-rinkeby-1.387703|title=Mona Walter jagades bort från Rinkeby|trans-title=Mona Walter chased away from Rinkeby|first=Jacob|last=Zetterman|date=26 August 2015 |language=SV |work=Dagen|accessdate=2 October 2015|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601144343/https://www.dagen.se/mona-walter-jagades-bort-fran-rinkeby-1.387703?paywall=true|archive-date=1 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Thambert |first1=Fredrik |title=SVT anklagas för censurerade hot – kanalen förnekar |trans-title=SVT is accused of censoring threat – the channel denies|url=http://www.resume.se/nyheter/artiklar/2015/08/25/anklagar-svt-for-censur |website=Resumé |accessdate=16 October 2018 |language=SV |date=25 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001815/http://www.resume.se/nyheter/artiklar/2015/08/25/anklagar-svt-for-censur|archive-date=17 October 2018|url-status=live}}

She has voiced her support for the Eurabia theory, saying that she has heard imams talk about Islamising Sweden through child-births and immigration,{{cite news|url=https://expo.se/2018/12/myten-om-eurabia-lever-vidare|title=Myten om Eurabia lever vidare|trans-title=The myth of Eurabia lives on|first=Morgan|last=Finnsiö|date=27 December 2018|language=sv|work=Expo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329122635/https://expo.se/2018/12/myten-om-eurabia-lever-vidare|archive-date=29 March 2023|url-status=live}} and she has held speeches for organisations such as For Frihed (formerly Pegida Denmark),{{cite news|url=http://expoidag.blogspot.se/2015/10/vad-svt-inte-berattade-om-mona-walter.html |title=Vad SVT inte berättade om Mona Walter|trans-title=What SVT did not tell about Mona Walter|work=Expo |date=7 October 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820190841/http://expoidag.blogspot.com/2015/10/vad-svt-inte-berattade-om-mona-walter.html|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}} Stop Islamisation of Norway,{{cite web|url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/|title=International counter-jihad organisations|date=11 January 2018|work=Hope not hate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719145235/https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/|archive-date=19 July 2024}} and events with connections to the Sweden Democrats.{{cite news|first=Emma|last=Bouvin|title=Folkets hus stoppar inbjudna talare|trans-title=The People's House stops invited speakers|url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/folkets-hus-stoppar-inbjudna-talare/|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=15 June 2015|language=sv|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621034049/http://www.dn.se/sthlm/folkets-hus-stoppar-inbjudna-talare/|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=live}}

Mona Walter

Biography

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