In far-right circles , the Battle of Vienna is often celebrated and seen as a clash of civilizations between a Christian West and the Muslim world . Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik ( 2011 Norway attacks perpetrator ) mentioned the Battle of Vienna in his 1,158-page manifesto '' 2083 : A European Declaration of Independence '' stating " the Battle of Vienna in 1683 should be celebrated as the Independence Day for all Western Europeans as it was the beginning of the end for the second Islamic wave of jihadis " and the title of his manifesto was specifically chosen to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the battle . The blogger Fjordman has a blog called '' Gates of Vienna '' named after the event . Generation Identity , a white nationalist group part of the larger Identitarian movement in Europe , held a rally to commemorate the Battle of Vienna . Brenton Harrison Tarrant the Australia-born terrorist who killed 51 people and injured 50 more during the Christchurch mosque shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch , New Zealand specifically referenced the Battle of Vienna in his manifesto '' The Great Replacement '' ( named after a French far-right theory of the same name by writer Renaud Camus ) and the battle was inscribed onto one of his weapons
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