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Muslim Australians and Local Government: Grassroots Strategies to Improve Relations Between Muslims and non-Muslim Australians

The ‘Muslim Australians and Local Government: Grassroots Strategies to Improve Relations Between Muslims and non-Muslim Australians’ report is the final outcome of a project funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

The project, undertaken by Dr Amanda Wise at Macquarie University, aimed to identify what works for community-based activities, including the potential role of local councils, and the relationship of Muslim Australians to their local councils.

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Table of Contents

  1. Executive Summary (239KB PDF file)
  2. Introduction & Project Objectives (241KB PDF file)
  3. Methodology (297KB PDF file)
  4. The Muslim Community in Australia (360KB PDF file)
  5. Mapping Muslim Australia (Statistics and GIS maps) (1.7MB PDF file)
  6. Insights from the Literature (315KB PDF file)
  7. Engaging the Disengaged: Muslim and non-Muslim-Australians (515KB PDF file)
  8. In-Depth Australian Case Studies (604KB PDF file)
  9. What Councils are Doing: Top Twenty Muslim-Australian LGAs (455KB PDF file)
  10. Australian Audit of grass-roots & local government initiatives (415KB PDF file)
  11. International Web-Audit of grass-roots & local government initiatives (313KB PDF file)
  12. Conclusions & Recommendations (376KB PDF file)
  13. Bibliography (244KB PDF file)

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