Exploring Islam in Australia

 

Academic Studies

A selection of national reports, guides and community experiences relating to Islam in Australia.

• Islamophobia in Australia Report V 2023 – 2024, Islamophobia Register Australia, 2025
• Sharing the Stories of Australian Muslims, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2021
• Islam in Australia: A National Survey of Muslim Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents, Halim Rane, Adis Duderija, Riyad H. Rahimullah, Paul Mitchell, Jessica Mamone, and Shane Satterley. Religions, 2020
• Living in Australia: A Guide for Muslims New to Australia, Abdullah Saeed and Patricia Prenti Centre for Contemporary Islam, University of Melbourne,2020
• Australian Muslims: The Challenge of Islamophobia and Social Distance, International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, University of South Australia Adelaide, 2018.
• The resilience and ordinariness of Australian Muslims: Attitudes and experiences of Muslims Report, Western Sydney University and Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia (ISRA), 2015.
• The Australian Journey – Muslim Communities, Attorney General’s Department, 2009
• Reporting Islam – International Best Practice for Journalists, 2015.

Islamophobia and media representation

• The interaction between online and offline Islamophobia and anti‐mosque campaigns: The literature review with a case study from an anti‐mosque social media page, Gabriel Ahmanideen and Derya Iner. Sociology Compass, 2024.
• Mediated Islamophobia and Local Coexistence: A Case Study of Two Muslim‐Concentration Suburbs in Melbourne, Australia, Val Colic-Peisker and Masa Mikola. Sociological Inquiry, 2022
• Explaining Islamophobia in Australia: partisanship, intergroup contact, and local context, Timothy B. Gravelle. Australian Journal of Political Science, 2021
• Discourses on Islam and Muslims in Australia, Muhammad Junaid Ghauri, Zahid Yousaf and Zafar Iqbal. Journal of Political Studies, 2017

Gender and identity

• Why Being a Woman Matters When Countering Islamophobia in Australia, Susan Carland. The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia, 2024.
• Gender, Identity and Conversion: A Comparison of Male and Female Converts to Islam in Australia, Paul Mitchell, Jessica Mamone and Halim Rane. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 2021

Public opinion and attitudes

• Australians’ divergent opinions about Islam and Muslims, Jacqui Ewart, Kate O’Donnell and Shannon Walding. Journal of Sociology,2022
• Characterising Australians who have high levels of anger towards Islam and Muslims, Shannon Walding and Jacqui Ewart. Journal of Sociology, 2022

Conversion and community diversity

• Australian Converts to Islam: Findings from a National Survey of Muslim Australians, Paul Mitchell and Halim Rane. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 2021
• Understanding Muslim Diversity: Alawite and Alevi Traditions, The Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights, 2014

Religion, history and education

• Islam in Diaspora: The Australian Case, Halim Rane. Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West, 2022
• The history of Islam and the early Ottoman Empire in Australian secondary school history textbooks, Richard Pennell. History Australia, 2022.
• Remembering Muslim Histories of Australia, Regina Ganter. The La Trobe Journal, 2012

Youth perspectives

• National Muslim Youth Summit 2018 Report, Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia (ISRA),

 

Books

A selection of books about Islam in Australia.

• Headstrong Daughters: Inspiring stories from the new generation of Australian Muslim women, Jamal, Nadia
• History of Islam and Muslims in Australia, Haveric, Dzavid
• Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education and Terrorism, Ali, Jan A
• Living in Australia: A Guide for Muslims New to Australia, Saeed, Abdullah, Prentice, Patricia
• Muslims In Australia (Studies in Anthropology, Economy and Society),Kabir, Nahid
• Muslims In Australia: The Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion, Yasmeen, Samina
• Muslim Integration: Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia, Kolig, Erich; Voyce, Malcolm
• The Australian Journey – Muslim Communities, Attorney-General’s Department

 

Journals

A selection of journals covering studies and articles about Islam in Australia and Muslims' experiences.

• Australian Journal of Islamic Studies
• Contemporary Islam
• Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia
• Special issue of The La Trobe Journal, 'Isolation, integration and identity: the Muslim experience in Australia'

 

Multimedia

A selection of documentaries and programs about Islam in Australia.

• Before 1770, Abu Hanifa Institute, 2024
• I found a HIDDEN MUSLIM Town in The Aussie Outback, OnePath Network, 2024
• The Aussie Muslim Convert Turning the DESERT GREEN!, OnePath Network, 2023
• Watch The Swap, SBS On Demand, 2023
• Five Questions on Islamophobia In Australia, Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, 2023
• Mosques under Threat, Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, 2022
• How Muslims Helped Build Australia 150 Years ago, OnePath Network, 2022
• Islam In Australia | History | Demography | Mosques | Notable Muslims, Islamic Knowledge Official, 2021
• Watch The Mosque Next Door, SBS On Demand, 2017
• Islam: Australians who have converted, Sunrise, 2012