Australia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Australia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Saeed, Abdullah

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060774
Doc. NO	:	ALei1171
Main Entry	:	Saeed, Abdullah
Title & Author	:	Australia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Saeed, Abdullah
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,542 words)
Abstract	:	Australia has had a history of Muslim contact since the 1750s, well before Europeans arrived, when Muslims from the Indonesian archipelago, particularly Makassarese fishermen, regularly visited northern Australia in search of trepang (sea slugs). These fishermen settled in beach camps for months at a time and lived peacefully with local Aboriginal communities. This interaction largely stopped with European settlement of northern Australia. A second wave of Muslim contact came with the Afghan camel drivers who were brought to Australia between 1860 and 1900 as part of the development of a
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1171.pdf