Islam and Muslims in Australia

Capital: Canberra
Population: 20.1 Million
Muslims Percent: 1.5% (approx. 300,000)

Brief history of the Muslim Community in Australia

Muslims in Australia: A Brief History

Australians Increasingly Embracing Islam

Islam fastest growing faith in Australia

Australian Women embrace the hijab

Militant Aborigines embrace Islam to seek empowerment

From Mosman to Islam

[PDF] An introduction to ISLAM in Australia

NEWS
21/10/05 Hate wave hits Australian Muslim women
29/08/05 Australia rejects Muslim headscarf ban
25/08/05 Howard Defends Spying on Mosques, Islamic Scholars
24/08/05 Anti-Secularism Muslims Told to Leave Australia
14/08/05 Australian Muslims Mull Self-Policing
07/08/05 Howard Reassures Muslims, Urges Help to Fight Terror
25/07/05 Aussie Muslim Leaders Hit Back at Howard
24/07/05 Australia to Prosecute "Inciting" Imams
29/06/05 Raids fuel fears of Muslim persecution
14/04/05 Australian Muslims Want Troops Home From Iraq
24/06/04 Australian Muslim prayer hall site vandalized
06/10/03 Muslim refugees fed pork in SA detention: activist
07/11/02 Australia 'safe' for Muslims
31/10/02 Australia defends raids for Muslim "sleepers"
16/09/02 Open season on Muslims in the newest phobia

RACE RIOTS
22/12/05 Debate Rages Over Aussie Racial Riots - Islam Online
19/12/05 Sydney beaches deserted as police seize knives and bomb-making equipment
18/12/05 Sydney police close beaches after attacks
18/12/05 Australians March Against Racism
18/12/05 Arms seized in Sydney beach raid
16/12/05 Arab women's 'veils torn off'
15/12/05 Alienation, Anti-terror Laws Blamed for Aussie Riots
15/12/05 Two tribes go to war
15/12/05 Police crack down on Sydney race riots
14/12/05 Riots in Cronulla: What’s going on?
13/12/05 Revenge attacks bring second night of race violence to Sydney
13/12/05 Australians shocked as race riots erupt again in Sydney
13/12/05 Revenge attacks bring second night of race violence to Sydney
12/12/05 Aussie Racial Violence Condemned
12/12/05 Second night of riots hits Sydney
12/12/05 Racist furore as mobs riot
12/12/05 Race riots turn Sydney's suburbs into battleground