Islam and Secular Urban Culture in Early Modern Middle East

澳大利亚是一个不断增长的穆斯林社区的家园，伊斯兰教是澳大利亚宗教和文化景观的重要特征。该项目有助于扩大澳大利亚对伊斯兰教的认识，发展其以建设性和有利的方式与当地、区域和国际穆斯林社区互动的能力，并通过使穆斯林意识到他们在现代世俗文化的形成中发挥的创造性作用，提高他们对现代世俗文化的尊重。它解决了对伊斯兰教世俗文化的普遍误解，并提高了澳大利亚作为伊斯兰研究领域前沿研究中心的国际声誉。

Australia is the homeland of a growing Muslim community, and Islam is an important feature in Australia's religious and cultural landscape. The project contributes to expanding Australia's knowledge of Islam, to developing its ability to engage and interact in constructive and enabling ways with the Muslim communities locally, regionally, and internationally, and to heightening the Muslims' respect for the modern secular culture by making them aware of their creative role in its making. It addresses a prevailing misunderstanding about secular culture in Islam and enhances Australia's international reputation as a centre of cutting-edge research in the fields of Islamic studies.