Anarchist and Feminist Graffiti on Church in Beltinci

Case information
Incident date
Country
Slovenia
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement

In the night of the 1st to the 2nd of May, 2014, unknown perpetrators graffitied the church of Saint-Ladislav, in Beltinci, a region in the northeast of Slovenia and close to the country’s border with Hungary. This is the fourth time in recent years that the church has been a victim of such vandalism.

The graffiti is of anarchist and feminist origin painted in red with sayings such as “The vulva is watching you” with an anarchist symbol above it, and “The church dulls your mind, but a critical spirit liberates.” There was also a flower display in front of the church which the vandals destroyed.

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