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Strelnikoff Mary of Help of Brezje controversy

The Strelnikoff Mary of Help of Brezje controversy or the Strelnikoff Affair () began after a depiction of Mary of Help of Brezje holding a rat instead of Jesus was published by the Slovenian music group Strelnikoff on the cover of their 1998 extended play Bitchcraft. It was made in protest of the official views of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia and the statements of some of its highest representatives on the subject of abortion.

The first to condemn this depiction was Franc Rode, who was the Bishop of Ljubljana at the time. This was followed by general public outcry and expressions of the inappropriateness of the misuse of one of the most known symbols of Slovenian Catholicism. The State Attorney's Office received 3,867 public protests and 1,208 requests for indictment. These were united in one that was at first rebuffed before the Celje District Court. However, the state prosecutor Elizabeta Gyorkos filled a complaint. The group members also received phone calls and threats.

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  1. Cirman, Tanja. (18 May 2012). "Kako hitro so prizadeta verska čustva". Delo.si.
  2. {{in lang. sl [http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200329/clanek/komarji/ Mladina.si - provokatorji množic]. Vanja Pirc. Published on 21 July 2003. Last accessed on 18 October 2006.
  3. In August 2003, the indictment was refused by the [[Ljubljana Higher Court]] as well. In accordance with the [[Constitution of Slovenia]] and the [[Slovenian law]], the court concluded that the authors were "tasteless in their artistic project, however they did not surpass the boundary of allowed at all."{{in lang. sl [http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200339/clanek/kul--glasba_in_cerkev-sebastijan_ozmec/ Mladina: Blasfemija po slovensko]. Sebastijan Ozmec. Published on 29 September 2003. Last accessed 18 October 2006.
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