Vienna cancels statue of Polish king over ‘Islamophobia’ fears

Vienna will not honour Jan III Sobieski, the Polish King who broke the Turkish siege of the Austrian capital in 1683, with a statue over concerns to do with Islamophobia.

On November 8, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, the city’s culture councillor, announced that the Socialist-dominated city government had decided against the planned monument on the Kahlenberg – a hill overlooking Vienna where the Polish-led liberation army gathered for the attack.

“Vienna will not erect a stage which can be abused for xenophobic agitation and for fomenting Islamophobia and anti-turkic sentiment,” Kaup-Hasler said.

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