“Look, You Machame You Dog”: The Story of an Anti-Islamic Inscription on St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna

Ernst Fürlinger ()
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Ernst Fürlinger: Institute for Religious Studies, University of Vienna, and Center for Religion and Globalization, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek- Strasse 30, 3500 Krems, Austria

Border Crossing, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 337-341

Abstract: After the 1683 Siege of Vienna, an anti-Islamic inscription and sculpture – possibly representing the head of Muhammad – were affixed onto the tower of St. Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna. In the 21st century, this story highlights the difficulties that arise when the collective memory of the former Catholic empire or nation collides with human rights norms of the modern constitutional republic as well with the norms of religious dialogue in the Catholic Church.

Keywords: Siege of Vienna 1683; St. Stephen’s Cathedral; anti-Islamic traditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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