Second Australasian Conference on Islam: Radicalisation & Islamophobia

The 2nd Australasian Conference on Islam introduces original and critical research papers addressing the theme Radicalisation and Islamophobia: Roots, Relationships and Implications in Religiously Diverse Societies.

This conference to be held in Novotel Hotel, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. The conference aimed to explore how radicalisation and Islamophobia feed one another and work hand in hand to pull society towards polar extremes. By tackling these issues from political, sociological, psychological and theological angles, this conference aims to explore the root causes of radicalisation and in particular the significant impact of Islamophobia to that process.

The topics will be discussed as follows:

• Relationship between radicalisation and Islamophobia
• Impact of radicalisation and Islamophobia on religiously diverse societies
• Exploring and contesting the legitimacy of the theological roots of radicalisation and Islamophobia
• Social roots of youth radicalisation in Western societies
• Roots of Islamophobia and its link to religious radicalisation within other religious communities
• Impact of social media on extremism, radicalisation and Islamophobia
• Alternative discourses/initiatives/movements to extremism, radicalisation and Islamophobia
• Case studies from countries, social groups and faith based movements as alternatives to radicalisation and Islamophobia
• Effects of Islamophobia on Muslims living in the West
• The empirical evaluation of counter-terrorism policy, counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation through theoretical and practical cases
• Gender dimensions of radicalisation and Islamophobia
• The cultural construction and consumption of the radical and Islamophobic discourse
• Strategies and attempts to resist ‘radicalisation’, ‘de-radicalisation’ and ‘counter-radicalisation’ and the surrounding discourses
• Strategies and attempts to resist Islamophobia and incompatibility theories

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