The aim of this report is to present some of the most recent demographic and socioeconomic data on Muslims in Australia in an accessible format. The report includes information on identity, ethnicity, language, age, household types, education, income and employment. Most of the information has been taken from the 2011 Australian Census, with some comparisons...

“I am an anthropologist. Anthropologists, as a group, study the diversity of human cultures to understand our commonalities and differences, and to use the knowledge of what is common to us all to help us bridge our differences. My research aims to help reduce violence between peoples, by first trying to understand thoughts and behaviors...

Muslim socials were being made up to the 1990s. Nowadays, films in which the major characters are Muslim and/or speak Urdu get made only within certain contexts – to make ‘serious', socio-political films.

We should be careful about trying to impose a single identity on Islamic communities in this country, argues Liza Hopkins.