# Mona Walter

> Mona Walter (born 1973): Mogadishu-born Swedish commentator and critic of Islam.

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## Who is she?

Mona Walter is a Swedish activist and social commentator born in Mogadishu in 1973 ([Wikipedia, Mona Walter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Walter)). She moved to Sweden as a refugee in 1994 (same source). See [Somalis in Sweden](/en/diaspora/sweden/).

## Public views

She was raised Muslim, left Islam, and became a Christian in 2006 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Walter)). She writes critically about Islam on social media and in the press, and has lived with death threats since her conversion (same source). In August 2015 she and an SVT news team were attacked with eggs while filming in Rinkeby, Stockholm (same source).

She has spoken at events of anti-Islam groups in Denmark and Norway (same source). Critics, both Muslim and non-Muslim, have called her views anti-Muslim or racist (same source).

This page records events without taking sides.

## In short

A Mogadishu-born Swedish commentator whose public criticism of Islam has made her a contested figure.

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