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The Muslims began to penetrate Australia to some noticeable degree from the middle of the nineteenth century, when the ‘Ghan’ camelmen from the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia visited the Australian continent to trade and to work on the railways. Since then, Islam and the Muslims have encountered many problems and challenges, resulting from government policies and the make-up of the Muslim population.
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Ahmad, Q.A. (1994). Islam and Muslims in Australia. In: Mutalib, H., Hashmi, T.uI. (eds) Islam, Muslims and the Modern State. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14208-8_16
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