Prepared by: Kais Al‐Momani Nour Dados Marion Maddox Amanda Wise C
APPENDIX FOUR: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
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APPENDIX FOUR: INTERVIEW QUESTIONSMUSLIM ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES 1. What party are you with, if any? 2. How long have you been in parliament (or on council)? 3. Do your colleagues (and party leadership) know that you are a Muslim Australian? 4. Would you say your colleagues are comfortable with your religious identification? 5. And your electorate? 6. Is your religion something you downplay? 7. Does your being a Muslim Australian help or hinder you in your elected role? 8. Would you say that you feel you are representing Muslim Australians in your role? 9. What inspired you to enter politics? 10. What kinds of things have you achieved in your role? 11. What kinds of things would you hope to achieve in the future in this role? 12. What barriers do you feel you might face in achieving these goals? 13. Could you tell us a bit about how you got to where you are? How did you work your way up to a point where you could stand for election? 14. Did you find obtaining pre‐selection a challenge? 15. As a Muslim Australian elected representative, are there any special challenges you face? 16. What advice would you have for a young Muslim Australian interested in entering politics? 17. Do you have some ideas about what kinds of strategies or programs might increase the political participation of Muslim Australians? COMMUNITY LEADERS & INFLUENTIALS 1. Would you describe yourself as a ‘community leader’, or as an influential Muslim Australian? 2. Defining political participation as including both formal political involvement, as well as participation in public life as a community leader, journalist, opinion maker, organiser, lobbyist or activist, business leader, neighbourhood organiser or advisor etc: Who among the Muslim Australian communities would you name as influential in the political and public sphere? 3. As a Muslim of some influence could you tell us a little about your journey to this position? 4. What barriers or obstacles, if any, did you face along the way? 5. What kinds of things assisted your progress towards becoming an active political voice among Muslim Australians? (eg: particular individuals, situations, organisations etc) 6. What kinds of issues do you engage with? Which are most urgent to advance debate and action on in your mind? 7. What advice would you give to a young Australian Muslim hoping to make a difference in the political or public sphere? 8. Beyond formal political election, what would you say are some of the diverse social locations and forums through which Muslim Australians are able to advance their aims politically (eg: local council consultative committees, a journalist or opinion piece writer, national consultation group, community leader…) 9. Speaking more generally, what are some of the ways Australia’s Muslim communities mobilise to gain access to political power and advance causes and issues of concern? 10. How successful are these strategies? 11. Do you have suggestions for government or non‐government initiatives or programs that might enhance political participation (formal and informal) among Muslim Australians? (Particularly those that engage youth and women?) 12. Do you know of any such programs or initiatives present or past, in Australia or overseas? SMALL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS 1. As a small community organisation, do you feel your voice is heard amidst some of the larger or more prominent politically active Muslim‐ Australians? 2. Defining political participation as including both formal political involvement, as well as participation in public life as a community leader, journalist, opinion maker, organiser, lobbyist or activist, business leader etc: Who among the Muslim Australian communities would you name as influential in the political and public sphere? 3. What issues most concern you and your organisation in terms of influencing the public and political agenda? (locally and nationally?) Which are most urgent to advance debate and action on in your mind? 4. What barriers or obstacles, if any, have you faced in achieving influence and a political ‘voice’? 5. What kinds of things have assisted or might assist your progress towards becoming an active political voice among Muslim Australians? (eg: particular individuals, situations, organisations etc) 6. What advice would you give to a young Australian Muslim hoping to make a difference in the political or public sphere? 7. Beyond formal political election, what would you say are some of the diverse social locations and forums through which Muslim Australians are able to advance their aims politically (eg: local council consultative committees, a journalist or opinion piece writer, national consultation group, community leader…) 8. Speaking more generally, what are some of the ways Australia’s Muslim communities mobilise to gain access to political power and advance causes and issues of concern? 9. How successful are these strategies? 10. Do you have suggestions for government or non‐government initiatives or programs that might enhance political participation (formal and informal) among Muslim Australians? (Particularly those that engage youth and women?) 11. Do you know of any such programs or initiatives present or past, in Australia or overseas? ACADEMIC AND OTHER INFORMATIVE SOURCES Academics, elected representatives, and other key sources will be contacted by phone, in person or telephone, and asked to assist us by: 1. Identifying key literature on Muslim political participation 2. Their views on best strategies to promote political participation among Muslim Australians, 3. To tell us about any actual strategies or activities in Australia or overseas that they know of. REPRESENTATIVES OF INITIATIVES (CO‐ORDINATORS AND PARTICIPANTS) Could you give us some details about ….. initiative/program/strategy? 1. What was it called? 2. When did it occur? 3. Who was involved in organising it? How was it organised? 4. Who funded it? 5. Who were the participants? 6. What were its successes? 7. What were its challenges? 8. How successful would you say it was in meeting its aims? 9. Do you have other suggestions for government or non‐government initiatives or programs that might enhance political participation (formal and informal) among Muslim Australians? (Particularly those that engage youth and women?) 10. Do you know of any such programs or initiatives present or past, in Australia or overseas? BUREACRATS & POLICY MAKERS Bureaucrats and policy makers will be asked to discuss their particular policy areas and how they see programs and strategies to enhance Muslim Political Participation articulating with their portfolio, and with other levels of government of which they have knowledge. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> documents -> 01 2014 documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Mobile audio/video recording systems documents -> The south australian government gazette documents -> All public acts appearing in this gazette are to be considered official, and obeyed as such documents -> Union interparlementaire inter-parliamentary union 01 2014 -> Voices Shaping the 01 2014 -> Muslim Voices – Hopes and aspirations of Muslim Australians Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies 01 2014 -> Editors: Kerry Download 16.24 Mb. Share with your friends:
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