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http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11485
2024-03-29T06:52:17Z
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Muslims in Australia: the double edge of terrorism
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11511
Muslims in Australia: the double edge of terrorism
Kabir, Nahid Afrose
Self-improvement is often seen as the driving force behind international migration. In other cases, people are forced to depart because of social or political upheaval, oppression or national disaster. Finally, people may migrate for family reunion. Immigrants acquire new identities as they settle into the new society and learn to refer to themselves as, for example, 'Australians' or 'British'. In doing so, a former national identity may become an 'ethnic identity'. As they settle into a new country, migrants face numerous challenges as ethnic or religious minorities. In this paper, an historical perspective is given to settlement issues of various religious migrant groups in Australia, with a special focus on Muslims. The paper examines how a religious group can become the victim of resistance from the wider society when the group is perceived to be a direct or an indirect threat. It concludes that Muslim Australians have become the 'current enemy' because the perceived international threat of militant Islam is negatively impacting on them. This paper relies on both primary and secondary sources, including oral testimonies.
This article was published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies [© 2007 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.] and the definite version is available at http://doi.org/10.1080/13691830701614072. The Article's website is at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691830701614072.
2007-11-01T00:00:00Z
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What does it mean to be un-Australian? views of Australian Muslim students in 2006
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11509
What does it mean to be un-Australian? views of Australian Muslim students in 2006
Kabir, Nahid Afrose
Recent political and media debates have focused on Australian values, Australianness and being un-Australian. The current war on terror and the Cronulla riots in December 2005 have raised the question of whether Muslim Australians are willing to adopt Australian values. This paper reports on sixty in-depth face-to-face interviews with Muslim students in Sydney and Perth. The main topic of the interviews was: what it means to be 'Australian'and 'un-Australian'. The study focuses on the students' outlook. It concludes that these youthful participants hold very positive views about Australian values, but most of them were very distressed by the Cronulla riots.
This article was published in People and Place [© 2007 People and Place.]
2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Muslims in a 'White Australia': colour or religion?
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11508
Muslims in a 'White Australia': colour or religion?
Kabir, Nahid Afrose
Muslim migration to Australia took place over three distinct periods - the Colonial, the 'White Australia' and the Multicultural periods. This article discusses the settlement issues of Muslims during the 'White Australia' period (1901-73). It particularly focuses on five distinct ethnic groups - Indians, Afghans, Malays, Javanese and Albanians - in Queensland and Western Australia. It questions whether these groups were treated 'differently'because of their Islamic beliefs. The study draws upon both primary and secondary sources, including archival materials and oral testimonies. From the evidence presented, it is clear that a hardening attitude against Muslims has been apparent and that historical antipathies and long-lived antipathies have grown in the specific context of the current geopolitical climate.
This article was published in Immigrants and Minorities [© 2006 Immigrants and Minorities.] and the definite version is available at http://doi.org/10.1080/02619280600863671. The Article's website is at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02619280600863671.
2006-07-01T00:00:00Z
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Mackay revisited: the case of Javanese-Australian Muslims, 1880-1999
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11507
Mackay revisited: the case of Javanese-Australian Muslims, 1880-1999
Kabir, Nahid Afrose
The development of Queensland's sugar industry in the nineteenth century led to an influx of non-European laborers, such as Melanesians, Cingalese and Javanese. Years later, under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1901, many Asian people were expelled from Australia, but some Javanese remained in Mackay. This paper examines the Javanese settlement pattern during the colonial, "White Australia," and multicultural periods in terms of race, ethnicity, culture and religion. These accounts were derived largely from interviews with Australia-born second, third and fourth generation Muslims of Javanese origin in Mackay.
This article was published in the Asian and Pacific Migration Journal [© 2007 Scalabrini Migration Center.] and the definite version is available at http://doi.org/10.1177/011719680701600305. The Article's website is at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/011719680701600305.
2007-01-01T00:00:00Z