Dracula is a hybrid Ottomanized European, not a pure Muslim

Evidence

The Count is s hybrid monster, and his identity as a Christian further complicates things. He is both a “hybriditian Ottomanized European” and “a dissonant figure fitting uncomfortably, a blasphemous Christian hero.” — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 537

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: why does the monster need to be a corrupted Christian rather than simply a Muslim? What anxiety does the boundary-blur carry that a clean Other wouldn’t?