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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