Muslims in Contemporary Australia

Adam Possamai FASSA is Professor of Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University. His latest book is The Sociology of Shari’a. Case Studies from Around the World. Second edition (edited with Bryan Turner and James Richardson, Springer, 2023).David Tittensor is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Aisa Institute in the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne. He is co-author of Religion and Change in Australia (with Adam Possamai, Routledge, 2022).

• ForewordAbdullah Saeed1.Muslims in Contemporary Australia: IntroductionAdam PossamaiDavid TittensorPart I – In Memory2.Riaz Hassan and the Empirical Sociology of Muslim PietyBryan S. Turner3.‘People like us’: the legacy of Gary Bouma’s empathetic sociology of religion in partnering with Australian Muslims in countering extremism and dealing with stigmaGreg BartonPart II – Muslim Culture in Australia4.‘True blue Aussie Muslim’: young Muslim men talking about Australia and their place in itFarida Fozdar 5. New Spaces and New Domains: Tracing the Growth and Contribution of Australian MuslimsMahsheed AnsariMirela Cufurovic6.Millennial Muslims in Lebanese Australian Literature: Pure and Vernacular Religion in the Bildungsromane of Michael Mohammed Ahmad and Omar SakrIbrahim Abraham7.Building Faith in Walter Burley Griffin’s National Capital: The Diplomatic Mosque and other Architectural NarrativesMd Mizanur RashidKatharine BartschDijana AlicMajdi FalehMaryam GushehMansoureh RajabitanhaPart III – Being and Perceiving a Muslim in Australia8. Australian Muslim women's experiences of domestic and family violence: the impact of faithBalawyn JonesAmira AftabGhena Krayem9. Pakistani-Muslim Immigrant Women in Australia: Self and Izzat (Honour) Samina YasmeenFlavia ZimmermannRenae Barker10. Australian Muslim Youth’s Access to Online and Offline Islamic Legal and Religious KnowledgeIhsan Yilmaz11. ‘Progressive except for Islam’: profiling Islamophobia sentimentRachel SharplesRhonda ItaouiKevin Dunn12. ‘New’ Religious Knowledge and Influence Religious Authorities on Relations between Muslims and non-MuslimsHalim RaneAdis DuderijaPaul Mitchell13. Placing the Continued Hyper-securitisation of Islam and Muslims in Australia in Global ContextDavid TittensorFarida FozdarGerhard HoffstaedterAdam Possamai14. Australia Muslim Men after the War on Terror: Securitization, Generational Trauma and Superficial MasculinitiesAlyssa Moohin