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Politicizing Islam in Austria: The Far-Right Impact in the Twenty-First Century

By (author) Farid Hafez, By (author) Reinhard Heinisch

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Among its Continental peers, Austria has stood out for its longstanding state recognition of the Muslim community as early as 1912. A shift has occurred more recently, however, as populist far-right voices within the Austrian government have redirected public discourse and put into question Islamâ€™s previously accepted autonomous status within the country.Â Politicizing Islam in AustriaÂ examines this anti-Muslim swerve in Austrian politics through a comprehensive analysis of government policies and regulations, as well as party and public discourses. In their innovative study, Hafez and Heinisch show how the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÃ–) adapted anti-Muslim discourse to their political purposes and how that discourse was then appropriated by the conservative center-right Austrian Peopleâ€™s Party (Ã–VP). This reconfiguration of the political landscape prepared the way for a right-wing coalition government between conservatives and far-right actors that would subsequently institutionalize anti-Muslim political demands and change the shape of the civic conditions and public perceptions of Islam and the Muslim community in the republic.Â Â