The Effects Of Religious Discrimination In Australia

The successor of Rev. Richard Johnson, Rev. Samuel Marsden caused upheavel with the other denominations of Christianity, mainly the Catholics, as he did not recognise them as ‘human’. The evident sectarianism can be expressed through the note of one convict who stated, “He prays for our souls on Sunday, and takes it out of our bodies during the rest of the week.” The development of Christianity in Australia pre 1945 has subsequently been tainted by the tensions and caused the oppression of many people in Australia.

There was many religious bias in pre 1945 Australia, the church of England’s values, rules and morals were integrated into Australia’s law, and those who did not follow the church of England faced endless sectarianism at the time.

Many citizens of Australia have personal opinions about what constitutes the core religion of Australia. I believe that it has become such a blur and Australia is no longer known as a Christian nation as the cultural identity becomes more complex. The sunburnt country that is filled with God fearing people has been taken over by a whirlwind of multi God icons. If you were asked what the ten commandments were, would you know the answer? Experts say that by the year 2050, Muslim will be one of the main religions in the world. In the next twenty years will people know what the true meaning of Christmas is?

The proportion of Orthodox Christians in Australia grew rapidly after the Second World War and has remained quite constant over the past decade. Church of England (Anglican) dropped from 39% of population in 1947 to 18% in 201. Only around 5% of people identifying themselves as Anglicans are at church each week. Other attractive trend that has been increased then decreased is also presented in the Australia’s census data as “No Religion” or “Religion Not Stated” in 1947 0.3%, in 2006 increase up to 25.7% and then the numbers of people that identified themselves as No Religion decreases up to 22.2% in 2011. (Figure 1.0) shows the senses data of 2011 in Australia which included the Christian denominations and the Anglican declined numbers over years. The most obvious and significant increase occurs in 'No Religion' branch. In 1947 census data, only 0.3% of the population admitted having no religion, while the last census data in 2011 the population of No religion is increases up to

Shari’ah in Australia is limited to custody, divorce, marriage and inheritance. When referring to Islamic law, it is usually an “extra-judicial institution” (Saeed 2010, p. 224), utilising a meditative mechanism and the Australian law in family affairs. Yet, many Australian believe that shari’ah councils dealing with family issues is the introduction to a greater plan for shari’ah ruling Australia. Conversely, Muslim are demanding for recognitions of their ethical and religious norms in the limited zones of shari’ah. “People who've come here from overseas and people who adhere to a religious tradition like Islam, which has its own law, [are] going to have an attachment to it. You can't simply get off the plane, take off your coat and abandon all your law and culture at the same time. There is sometimes a difficulty in knowing which law to follow.”(Hussain 2008, p.1). However, Shari’ah law is not the only religious law currently operating on Australia soil. Jewish Beth Din court operate in Victoria dealing with conversion, divorce, adoption including commercial matters (Saeed 2010), nonetheless, no notice have been

In Australia religion is a very important belief to the many different Australians. As Australia is a very diverse place there are many different religions and cultures in small towns and cities of Australia. The population of Australia is 22,751,014. From 22,751,014 30.1% are Protestant 30.1%, 17.1% are Anglican ,5.0% are Uniting Church, 2.8% are Presbyterian and Reformed,1.6% are Baptist, 1.2% are Lutheran, 1.1% follow Pentecostal 25,3% follow Catholic, 25.1% follow Roman Catholic, 2.9% of people follow Christianity, 2.8% follow Orthodox, 2,5% follow Buddhism , 2.2% of people follow Muslim, 1.3% follow Hinduism and a massive 9.3% don't identify themselves with a certain religion.

There is currently a debate of whether Australia should introduce legislation allowing religious groups, including Muslims, Jews and others, to surrender themselves to the religious arbitration in areas of personal law, similar to the model that was in force in Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 2005. Canada ultimately denied formal recognition of the religious arbitration but still accepted its existence only within the informal processes if the parties of the disputes are willing to use religious arbitration. The paper is to undertake a comparative examination of the model, as it existed in Ontario and the current position in Australia and examine the pros and cons for an

Australia is the most popular country which has a culture and religious diversity. In Australia, the schools should have a role in educating students about Islam and Muslims. Some previous researches have shown that Australians have negative insight of Muslims and low knowledge about Islam. In addition to the media is playing a big role affecting Australians attitude towards Muslims. In a research has done, showed that most Australian have little contact with Muslims and have a very little knowledge about Islam, most of them in the age at fourteen and twenty four. The Muslim community in Australia is still small and considered as a minority group, but it is growing very fast especially in the recent few years. Islam is the third largest religion

Currently Australia is home to over 23 million people. Of these, as found in the most recent Censes, by relative proportions, Christianity represents 61%, Buddhism 2.46%, Islam 2.21%, Hinduism 1.28%, Judaism 0.45%, 22.30% identify themselves as no religion, and the rest have other religious affiliation. With over 77% of the population identifying with a religious denomination, it’s clear that religion and spirituality are important aspects of the lives of a majority of Australians.

Exemplified through national and international initiatives, the work from interfaith dialogue has created the Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews; a dialogue formed in March 2003 that brings people together to keep contact and discussions with The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry to examine misunderstandings and the meanings of peace, festivals and

The main religious groups in Australia, is Christian, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. As the Catholic Church aims to teach its members the importance of accepting those who have different beliefs, I chose to include the leaders of all main religious groups in Australia. To have

Looking at racial discrimination, a variety of religious views seem to stand as a foundation that is used to justify the actions of those who feel that they

Muhammad Ali once said “Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths… I think people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.” This quote explains the tolerance and acceptance of another religion, which clearly demonstrates the concept of pluralism. Even though the Catholic Church provides a welcoming feeling to all new and existing members, the decline of mass attendance will further result in a decrease of catholic followers. Secularism and pluralism are major factors in the change of attendance, which will be further discussed. Margaret and Leo Laarhoven are members from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Kyogle, NSW. Their commitment towards the Catholic Church

Have you ever experienced being isolated by people, or isolating others? Maybe discrimination also occurs around you. Discrimination can occur in many ways due to different opinions and perspectives. Discrimination may occur in a small group between two or three friends, or even in huge groups such as religious groups, or even countries. There is discrimination everywhere at anytime, anywhere in the world. One of them occurs to religion of different people. Religious discrimination is to treat someone differently compared to others in a negative way due to their religion or beliefs.There are plenty of religious discrimination around the world. People should be against religious discrimination because it keeps people from harassment on their religious beliefs, avoids wars happening, and people will correct their stereotypes on others.

The 2001 and 2006 New Zealand censuses show us clearly that foreign religions are dramatically increasing as the number of immigrants to New Zealand grows exponentially. The religions experiencing this influx of members are Sikh, Hinduism and Islam, all increasing by more than 50% between 2001 and 2006. These statistics show us that immigrants tend to stay with their religion they had in their home country which often is the state religion of the country. This dedication to religion is a good example for the rest of the New Zealand community. They may choose to continue to follow their original religion and not converting to the more common Christian denominations because their religion