Between rhetoric and reality : Shari'a and the shift towards neoliberal multiculturalism in Australia

Joshua M. Roose; Adam Possamai

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16003-0

Between rhetoric and reality : Shari'a and the shift towards neoliberal multiculturalism in Australia

Joshua M. Roose, Adam Possamai

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Abstract

This chapter explores the schism in Australian multiculturalism between explicit and publically-stated rejection of Islamic law as it relates to the personal domain on the one hand, and the embracing and promotion of Islamic finance as opening an avenue to prosperity on the other. We argue that this schism aligns closely with the functioning of neoliberal multiculturalism; where the cultural dimension of ethnicity, or in this case, faith, is only so valuable in the political arena as the tangible economic benefits it can offer. The chapter therefore seeks to explore the key concept of neoliberal multiculturalism as a way of better understanding contemporary Australian multicultural policies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cultural, Religious and Political Contestations: The Multicultural Challenge
Editors	Fethi Mansouri
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	91-105
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319160030
ISBN (Print)	9783319160023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16003-0
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Australia
Muslims
Shari'a
legal pluralism
multiculturalism
neoliberalism

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