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dc.contributor.authorRane, Halim
dc.contributor.authorNathie, Mahmood
dc.contributor.authorIsakhan, Ben
dc.contributor.authorAbdalla, Mohamad
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:06:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:06:24Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-09-22T06:52:27Z
dc.identifier.issn1440-7833
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1440783310386829
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40962
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade, issues concerning Islam and Muslims have featured prominently in public and media discourse. Much of this discourse is stereotypical, anecdotal and often unsubstantiated. Indeed, relative to the extent of comment on Islam and Muslims, few factual data exist on what Muslims really think. This article presents the views and opinions of the Queensland Muslim community based on the findings of a survey conducted at the 2009 Muslim Eid Festival in Brisbane. The findings of this research contradict many of the assumptions made about Australia's Muslims concerning their views and opinions on a range of social and political issues. The research shows that Muslims highly value Australia's key social and political institutions, including its democracy, judiciary, education and health-care systems. However, Muslims do express a lack of trust in certain institutions, namely the mass media. Also, consistent with the views of people globally, Muslims are deeply concerned about conflicts in the Middle East as well as the environmental crisis. This article suggests the need for a shift in public discourse to more accurately reflect the commonality, rather than incongruity, between Muslim views, opinions and concerns and those of the wider society.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom123
dc.relation.ispartofpageto143
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sociology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban sociology and community studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCultural studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode441016
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4702
dc.titleTowards understanding what Australia's Muslims really think
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRane, Halim I.


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