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Muslim Lawyersa€™ party at Richard Griffiths archive, Melbourne, 27 will 2003
The conference am came to by Susanna Iuliano and Omeima Sukkarieh from HREOC and also by 7 invited participants from your Muslim Lawyersa€™ Collection. The group happens to be a casual social network (developed in late 2002) of Muslim solicitors practising in Melbourne.
1. how to find your very own experiences of discrimination and vilification?
Important
Players had been in settlement there is a general increase in the degree of discrimination and vilification of Australian Muslims after 11 Sep 2001. While there clearly was consensus that discrimination and vilification has gone up, the students pressured that not all Australian Muslims are equally influenced a€“ Muslim lady bring borne the brunt than it, specifically ladies who don the hijab.
a€?I reckon there is no question that after September 11 there is an upturn with regards to the notion that you will be a risk. From a womana€™s viewpoint, in the event you wear the veil then you, deinitely, are considered as a fundamentalist a€“ you happen to be a risk.a€?
a€?You think that you will be often getting scrutinised by visitors near you a€“ ita€™s certainly not a tough factor a€“ sometimes ita€™s really soft in regards to peoplea€™s strategy handling one. I do believe that ita€™s a lot more from lack of knowledge as opposed to from an endeavor to position your along or discriminate against your.a€?