Author(s): Abe W. Ata

Relationships

In Australia, cross-cultural research suggests that Australian Muslims have surpassed Asians as one of the country's most marginalised religious and ethnic groups. Muslims and people from the Middle East are thought to be unable to fit into Australia, with more than 50% of Australians preferring their relatives did not marry into a Muslim family. Yet this statistic masks diverse interpretations of interfaith relations and cultural harmony present across Australia today. In 11 essays, Us and Them offers truths about interfaith relations as they are believed and expressed by Muslim and non-Muslim Australians.