A Trump presidency may not be all doom and gloom for Muslims. Yes, there is cause for concern but there is reason for optimism too.
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Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail was toxic. His victory means women will suffer the fallout.
Two researchers were subjected to harassment and intimidation when they adopted Islamic attire in public.
Islamophobia affects all those who encounter it – whether they are Muslim or not.
The burkini bans, now overturned by a French court, are selective and ridiculous. But controversy over women’s clothing, and competing cultural notions of appropriate garb, are nothing new.
Undertaking a Muslim education – coming to understand the faith’s teachings and its ideas about humanity – can have enormous value for anyone who wishes to tackle social conflicts.
The arrest on terrorism charges of a white ‘nationalist extremist’ from an avowedly right-wing organisation should alert Australians to the dangers of violence from that direction.
After a question from a Muslim audience member, Senator-elect Pauline Hanson said “your Grand Mufti won’t even come out and condemn the terrorist attacks that’s happened overseas”. Is that right?
Racial abuse and violence and the intertwining of ‘offline’ and ‘online’ worlds call for new methods for opposing racism in public.
Australians need to have a broad conversation about immigration. This must go beyond border security to discuss immigration’s broad functions, social impacts and the national interests it serves.
Dallas Rogers speaks with Rhonda Itaoui about her research into Islamophobia and navigating the city as a Muslim in the wake of public fear over terror attacks and a lack of understanding about Islam.
The anti-Islamisation group caused no trouble in Birmingham this weekend – but that’s part of a very deliberate strategy.
Germany’s far-right, anti-Islamic street movement is coming to the Midlands, and it has a familiar face at its helm.
A decade on from the Cronulla Riots, Australia needs to reflect upon the lessons that should be learnt following the riot which divided a nation.
He’s been a prime minister and a president but he’s best-known now for his xenophobic interventions.
A frank debate about the causes of extremism and terrorism would acknowledge uncomfortable issues like the alienating impacts of racism, Islamophobia and Western military actions and foreign policy.
The quality of everyday life for many European Muslims is deteriorating. It’s time for radical change.
IS claims responsibility for series of assaults. President Hollande says it is an ‘act of war’.
Reclaim Australia is not the first radical nationalist movement to emerge in Australia, and it has applied the lessons of past groups’ mistakes to attract a broader range of people to its rallies.
If Reclaim Australia were rallying Muslims, the liberal media would examine its religious inspirations. Yet the media treat its supporters as disgruntled individuals rather than Christian representatives.
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
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Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI)
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University