Australian Muslim Citizens

Questions of Inclusion and Exclusion, 2006-2020

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ID22023926
AuthorsNahid Afrose Kabir (0000-0002-4508-9067, BRAC University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume5
Issue2
Pages4-28
Publication date2020-09-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Islamic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2207-4414 • E-ISSN: 2207-4414
PublisherIslamic Sciences and Research Academy (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.55831/ajis.v5i2.273
OpenAlexW3119310037
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Muslims have a long history in Australia. In 2016, Muslims formed 2.6 per cent of the total Australian population. In this article, I will discuss Australian Muslims’ citizenship in two time periods, 2006–2018 and 2020. In the first period, I will examine Australian Muslims’ identity and sense of belonging, and whether their race or culture have any impact on their Australian citizenship. I will also discuss the political rhetoric concerning Australian Muslims. In the second period, 2020, I will examine Australian Muslims’ placement as returned travellers during the COVID-19 period. I conclude that, from 2006 to 2018, Islamophobia was rampant in “othering” many Australian Muslims. And in 2020 the Australian government has adopted a policy of inclusion by repatriating its citizens (both Muslims and non-Muslims), but with the COVID-19 crisis, a new dimension of discrimination has been added onto ethnic minorities – in this case Bangladeshi Australians who are mostly Muslims. They are now looked upon as the “other quarantined” or “detained Australian citizens”

Australian population · Citizenship · Ethnic group · Islam · Islamophobia · Media studies · Multiculturalism · National identity · Political rhetoric · Political science · Politics · Population · Rhetoric · Sociology · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Demography · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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