The article examines the public discourse in Austria on issues of (potentially) radicalized Muslims in Europe and associated security perceptions. The main question is how recent terrorist attacks in Paris conducted by radical Islamists and the developments in Syria and Iraq have affected public (media) attitudes towards Muslim citizens and incoming refugees. The current refugee movements not only pose a humanitarian, social and logistical challenge for Europe but - in combination with the territorial power of the Islamic State - are perceived or presented as a security threat by several actors. Integration efforts and policies as well as the willingness to receive an increasing number of refugees and immigrants are contested and deteriorating as the crisis persists. The (perceived) security threats in form of returnees, refugees and radicalized Muslim youth are the main subjects of this article.
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