Around July 15, 1683, the largest Islamic army ever to invade European territory - which is saying much considering that countless invasions preceded it since the eighth century - came and surrounded Vienna, then the heart of the Holy Roman Empire and longtime nemesis of Islam.
Muslim combatants, under the leadership of the Ottomans - the one state in nearly fourteen centuries of Islamic history most dedicated to and founded on the principles of jihad - invaded under the same rationale that so-called "Radical" groups, such as the Islamic State, cite to justify their jihad on "Infidels." Or, to quote the leader of the Muslim expedition, Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa, because Vienna was perceived as the head of the infidel snake, it needed to be laid low so that "All the Christians would obey the Ottomans."
Once the massive Muslim army reached and surrounded the walls of Vienna around July 15, Mustafa followed protocol.
Although a spectacular victory, the aftermath was gory: before fleeing, the Muslims ritually slaughtered some 30,000 Christian captives collected during their march to Vienna - raping the women beforehand.
It is this history of Islamic aggression - beginning in the fourteenth century when Muslims first established a foothold in Eastern Europe, and into the twentieth century when the Ottoman sultanate finally collapsed - that informs Eastern European views on Islam.
"Austria acts against Muslims almost every day because of their subconscious fear of Turks," writes Turkish historian Erhan Afyoncu in the Daily Sabah.
"Austrians have not forgotten the fear and their emperor's escape in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. When Turks were defeated in the Battle of Vienna, Europeans were so happy".
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/why_eastern_europeans_fear_islam_the_siege_of_vienna_1683.html
Muslim combatants, under the leadership of the Ottomans - the one state in nearly fourteen centuries of Islamic history most dedicated to and founded on the principles of jihad - invaded under the same rationale that so-called "Radical" groups, such as the Islamic State, cite to justify their jihad on "Infidels." Or, to quote the leader of the Muslim expedition, Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa, because Vienna was perceived as the head of the infidel snake, it needed to be laid low so that "All the Christians would obey the Ottomans."
Once the massive Muslim army reached and surrounded the walls of Vienna around July 15, Mustafa followed protocol.
Although a spectacular victory, the aftermath was gory: before fleeing, the Muslims ritually slaughtered some 30,000 Christian captives collected during their march to Vienna - raping the women beforehand.
It is this history of Islamic aggression - beginning in the fourteenth century when Muslims first established a foothold in Eastern Europe, and into the twentieth century when the Ottoman sultanate finally collapsed - that informs Eastern European views on Islam.
"Austria acts against Muslims almost every day because of their subconscious fear of Turks," writes Turkish historian Erhan Afyoncu in the Daily Sabah.
"Austrians have not forgotten the fear and their emperor's escape in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. When Turks were defeated in the Battle of Vienna, Europeans were so happy".
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/why_eastern_europeans_fear_islam_the_siege_of_vienna_1683.html
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