“Look, You Machame You Dog”: The Story of an Anti-Islamic Inscription on St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
“Look, You Machame You Dog”: The Story of an Anti-Islamic Inscription on St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
Author(s): Ernst FürlingerSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Sociology, Ethnohistory, Political history, Social history, Islam studies, Politics and religion, 17th Century
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Siege of Vienna 1683; St. Stephen’s Cathedral; anti-Islamic traditions;
Summary/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
Journal: Border Crossing
- Issue Year: 6/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 337-341
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English