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New Article: Muslim communities in Australia and the ‘mainstreaming’ of outer-group suspicion and apprehension

New Article: Muslim communities in Australia and the ‘mainstreaming’ of outer-group suspicion and apprehension

Professor Fethi Mansouri has written an article that was recently published in the Melbourne Asia Review. The article looks at how Muslims tend to be characterised as the least desirable group of migrants and continue to be viewed with suspicion and apprehension. Few...
Young Muslim Australians’ experiences of intergroup contact and its implications for intercultural relations

Young Muslim Australians’ experiences of intergroup contact and its implications for intercultural relations

New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri, Professor Ihsan Yilmaz, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc and Dr Galib Bashirov. Literature on intergroup contact shows that in the absence of the required structural conditions, contact is not necessarily always a positive experience...
Journal Article: On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations

Journal Article: On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations

Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently published in Religions (MDPI). This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the...
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Through research, collaboration and capacity building, the Chair aims to build inclusive, just and peaceful societies by promoting respectful intercultural dialogue and combatting discrimination and structural inequality.

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