Research

carpets-200x300The Griffith Islamic Research Unit:

Priority areas: 

  • Conduct research on Islamic and Muslim issues based on an incorporation of art, humanities, social science, theory methods and research
  • Inter-community relations, including integration and identity, values and multiculturalism post 9/11, media representations and public perceptions.
  • Political-economy and international relations, including Australia’s relations with the Muslim world, Australian foreign policy, finance and investment.    
  • Thought and methodology, including pedagogy and education, contextualisation, maqasid.     
  • Modernity, including state and democracy, law, gender issues, human rights and environmental responsibility. 
  • Islamic civilization, including Islamic science and Islam and the European Renaissance.   

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