CISAC Islamic Studies Research Colloqium

Contributed By: events coordinator
Organizing Institution: ISRA
Contact email: [email protected]
Start Date: September 22, 2022 (12:00pm)
End Date: September 22, 2022 (2:00pm AEST)
Cost: Free
Website: https://www.isra.org.au/events/cisac-islamic-studies-research-colloquium/
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Description:

The Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation continues with the Islamic Studies Research Colloquiums. We have two upcoming research presentations, followed by discussions after each presentation.

Presentation Details

Dr Jan A. Ali will present at 12:00 – 12:45 pm (AEDT): Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education, and Terrorism

 Mirela Cufurovic will present at 13:00 – 13:45 pm (AEDT): A New History of Muslims in Australia: Emotion, Identity Integration, and the Making of a Community in a Post-9/11 World

The first presentation will be delivered by Dr Jan A. Ali on Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education, and Terrorism, from 12:00 – 12:45 pm (AEDT).

Islam has long been a part of the multicultural landscape of major urban centers in Australia and encompasses a great diversity of theological, jurisprudential, and cultural practices. Despite this, in popular discourse, media presentations, and political debates Muslims are depicted as a homogeneous group. In this work, I examine the growing presence of Islam and Muslims in Australia and how it is transforming and transformed by, social, cultural, and religious spaces. Islam and Muslims in Australia illuminate how socio-cultural, economic, and political processes maintain and manage the ways Australian Muslims build their religious lives and identities and engage in the wider world, while facing the inevitable effects of modernity. I show how Islam and Muslims in Australia comprise diverse institutional processes and functions, social routines and norms, and sacred rituals and practices.

The second presentation will be delivered by Mirela Cufurovic on A New History of Muslims in Australia: Emotion, Identity Integration, and the Making of a Community in a Post-9/11 World, from 13:00 – 13:45 pm (AEDT)