Islam in Australia

Islam in Australia

Author: Abdullah Saeed

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781865088648

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A clear and complete introduction to the world of Islam: the history, beliefs, practices and laws of this ancient religion, with particular focus on the contemporary Muslim world, and on Islam in Australia.


Muslim Communities in Australia

Muslim Communities in Australia

Author: Shahram Akbarzadeh

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780868405803

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This book highlights the complex human diversity presented by Australia's Muslims, as well as their distinctive contribution and the challenges they pose to a still-evolving Australian multiculturalism. Emphasising the diversity of the Islamic experience in Australia, it presents a useful antidote to the stereotypical image that still colours mainstream perspectives of Islam.


Islam Dreaming

Islam Dreaming

Author: Peta Stephenson

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1742240186

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From the Malay pearl divers of Broome to the Afghan camel drivers of the interior, Muslims have lived and worked in Australia for more than three centuries. This comprehensive account reveals the life stories of the Muslim pioneers and their descendants as they formed bonds with the indigenous people of Australia. Interviews with more than 50 contemporary Indigenous Muslims convey the spiritual journeys and personal perspectives of this incredible population.


Muslim Community Organizations in the West

Muslim Community Organizations in the West

Author: Mario Peucker

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 3658138890

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The book focusses on the historical emergence and contemporary challenges of Muslim community organizations and their struggle for recognition as ordinary voices in multiethnic and multi-religious civil societies of Western democracies. It offers a range of different perspectives on how Muslim communities position themselves and navigate the social and political landscape shaped by, on the one hand, normalization of ethno-religious diversity and, on the other, ongoing misrecognition and essentialisation of Muslims in the West. The contributions from internationally acclaimed scholars as well as emerging researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland and Australia shine new light on both country-specific similarities and divergences.


Leadership in Islam

Leadership in Islam

Author: Nezar Faris

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-26

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 3319664417

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This book examines the concept of leadership from within the Islamic worldview, exploring its meaning and various manifestations through textual evidence from the two primary sources of Islam, The Qur’an and hadith. Using this theoretical framework concurrent with contemporary leadership theory, the authors scrutinise the distinctive leadership dynamics of Islamic organisations within a minority-Muslim context and a focus on Australia. Drawing on empirical data gathered over four years, the nature of leadership and its processes within this unique context is examined. Leadership in Islam reconciles the problematic processes that exist within Muslim organisational context and offers a set of measures and strategies to improve leadership processes including enacting leadership, enacting following, accommodating complexity, sense making and embracing basics as the core processes. This book will be beneficial for anyone who seeks to understand the meaning of leadership in Islam, the way Islamic organisations operate, and the way forward for improving leadership processes within an Australian/Western context.


Fighting Hislam

Fighting Hislam

Author: Susan Carland

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0522870368

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The Muslim community that is portrayed to the West is a misogynist’s playground; within the Muslim community, feminism is often regarded with sneering hostility. Yet between those two views there is a group of Muslim women many do not believe exists: a diverse bunch who fight sexism from within, as committed to the fight as they are to their faith. Hemmed in by Islamophobia and sexism, they fight against sexism with their minds, words and bodies. Often, their biggest weapon is their religion. Here, Carland talks with Muslim women about how they are making a stand for their sex, while holding fast to their faith. At a time when the media trumpets scandalous revelations about life for women from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Muslim women are always spoken about and over, never with. In Fighting Hislam, that ends.


Muslim Women and Agency

Muslim Women and Agency

Author: Ghena Krayem

Publisher: Muslim Minorities

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004400573

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This book is an excavation of current and historic challenges faced by Australian Muslim women in their pursuit of agency, alongside solutions. These accounts of, and suggestions for, enhanced agency come from the Muslim women themselves.


Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia

Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia

Author: Halim Rane

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 3036512225

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The eight articles published in this Special Issue present original, empirical research, using various methods of data collection and analysis, in relation to topics that are pertinent to the study of Islam and Muslims in Australia. The contributors include long-serving scholars in the field, mid-career researchers, and early career researchers who represent many of Australia’s universities engaged in Islamic and Muslim studies, including the Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Deakin University, Griffith University, and the University of Newcastle. The topics covered in this Special Issue include how Muslim Australians understand Islam (Rane et al. 2020); ethical and epistemological challenges facing Islamic and Muslim studies researchers (Mansouri 2020); Islamic studies in Australia’s university sector (Keskin and Ozalp 2021); Muslim women’s access to and participation in Australia’s mosques (Ghafournia 2020); religion, belonging and active citizenship among Muslim youth in Australia (Ozalp and Ćufurović), the responses of Muslim community organizations to Islamophobia (Cheikh Hussain 2020); Muslim ethical elites (Roose 2020); and the migration experiences of Hazara Afghans (Parkes 2020).


ISS 4 Islam and the Australian News Media

ISS 4 Islam and the Australian News Media

Author:

Publisher: Academic Monographs

Published: 2010-02-15

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780522860047

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Few issues have captured media headlines over the past two decades like Islam and Muslims, and much of what the Australian public knows about Islam and its followers is gleaned from the mass media. Islam and the Australian News Media tackles head-on the Australian news media's treatment of Islam and Muslims. This incisive collection brings together the research and insights of academics, editors and journalists on the representation of Islam and its impact on social relations, the newsworthiness of Muslim issues and the complexities of covering Islam. Importantly, Islam and the Australian News Media also explores how Muslim communities in Australia are responding to their image in the Australian news media. This book is a must-read for all those interested in the relationship between media and society.