Contesting Islam through the 2012 Sydney Protests: An Analysis of Post-protest Political Discourse amongst Australian Muslims

The violent clashes between young Muslim men and police that occurred in and around Sydney's central business district on the evening of Saturday, September 15, 2012 have acted as a catalyst for an increasingly visible political struggle among different sections of the Australian Muslim populat...

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1. VerfasserIn: Roose, Joshua M. 1980- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis [2013]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Jahr: 2013, Band: 24, Heft: 4, Seiten: 479-499
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
BJ Islam
KBS Australien; Ozeanien
TK Neueste Zeit
weitere Schlagwörter:B Multiculturalism
B Muslims
B Sydney protests
B Islam
B Political Islam
B Critical Discourse Analysis
B Freedom of speech
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Zusammenfassung:The violent clashes between young Muslim men and police that occurred in and around Sydney's central business district on the evening of Saturday, September 15, 2012 have acted as a catalyst for an increasingly visible political struggle among different sections of the Australian Muslim population in the post-9/11 decade. The protests, ostensibly about the film Innocence of Muslims, have brought the contested nature of Islam and being Muslim in Australia firmly into the sphere of public political debate as Muslims aligned both against and with the protestors. This article aims to explore the extraordinarily open exchanges and contestation primarily between Muslims born and raised in Australia in the immediate aftermath of the protests and the mechanisms utilized to contest power, authority and legitimacy. In doing so, it reveals important insights into the debates defining Muslim political identity and considers the broader implications for Australian Islam and multiculturalism.
ISSN:1469-9311
Enthält:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2013.812323