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Figure 3. 2018. Distribution of Sunni and Shia mosques in Victoria. Produced by: Fatemeh Shahani on base map reproduced from Google Maps. first purpose-built mosque in the state was constructed in Melbourne ir

Figure 3 2018. Distribution of Sunni and Shia mosques in Victoria. Produced by: Fatemeh Shahani on base map reproduced from Google Maps. first purpose-built mosque in the state was constructed in Melbourne ir

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Figure 1. Adelaide Mosque, 1888-1899. Photograph, 1950, reproduced from: Museums Victoria Collection: item 2278427. Creative Commons 4.0 international licence. Unknown photographer. Source: Courtesy Museum Victoria
Figure 1. Adelaide Mosque, 1888-1899. Photograph, 1950, reproduced from: Museums Victoria Collection: item 2278427. Creative Commons 4.0 international licence. Unknown photographer. Source: Courtesy Museum Victoria
From the 1940s, the community, via the Free Albanian Association (operating for few years), developed a Charter to maintain their culture while expressing loyalty and commitment to Australian law, culture, and the English language.” The irony of the assimilationist policy regime is that it generates otherness in minority groups who internalise the necessity to assimilate and make themselves less conspicuous. After the communist takeover of their homeland in the after- math of World War II, Albanians also had to prove their allegiance to Australia in the context of the paranoid discourses of the Cold War.
From the 1940s, the community, via the Free Albanian Association (operating for few years), developed a Charter to maintain their culture while expressing loyalty and commitment to Australian law, culture, and the English language.” The irony of the assimilationist policy regime is that it generates otherness in minority groups who internalise the necessity to assimilate and make themselves less conspicuous. After the communist takeover of their homeland in the after- math of World War II, Albanians also had to prove their allegiance to Australia in the context of the paranoid discourses of the Cold War.
needed to be simple, beautiful and as welcoming for non-Muslims as it was for Muslims.”°° The desire to be welcoming is embedded in the entrance design; when the doors open for the community to enter, it is akin to a gesture of open arms.” Discursive persuasion, like the building itself, had to be strategically and aesthetically seductive. A journalist reporting on the mosque acknowledged, “architecture can be a profoundly political act.”°> His statement was supported by a non-Muslim member on the development committee, who highlighted the political nature of decision- making: “I said to the committee that having two architects, a Muslim and a non-Muslim, would be a clear demonstration of our commitment to the idea you have of wanting this project to break down misunderstandings and ignorance ...”°” Te: Whrarenteoe oawrnlanaitinan akbrnnwt hoe dactrva cn chemwe A wetenHoawn pislivees
needed to be simple, beautiful and as welcoming for non-Muslims as it was for Muslims.”°° The desire to be welcoming is embedded in the entrance design; when the doors open for the community to enter, it is akin to a gesture of open arms.” Discursive persuasion, like the building itself, had to be strategically and aesthetically seductive. A journalist reporting on the mosque acknowledged, “architecture can be a profoundly political act.”°> His statement was supported by a non-Muslim member on the development committee, who highlighted the political nature of decision- making: “I said to the committee that having two architects, a Muslim and a non-Muslim, would be a clear demonstration of our commitment to the idea you have of wanting this project to break down misunderstandings and ignorance ...”°” Te: Whrarenteoe oawrnlanaitinan akbrnnwt hoe dactrva cn chemwe A wetenHoawn pislivees