MIDDLE EASTERN AND ANGLO-SAXON RELATIONS WITHIN AUSTRALIA
QUESTIONNAIRE – Part 1
The results of this questionnaire will only be used for the purpose of the Personal Interest Project for the Higher School Certificate and all personal details will remain confidential.
1. What is your age and gender? ________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is your ethnic background? ________________________________________________________________________________
3. Where do you live? ________________________________________________________________________________
4. Do you feel that Middle Eastern immigration is having an effect on the wider Australian society and do you personally believe this effect to be positive or negative?
YES / NO POSITIVE / NEGATIVE
Explain your answer: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. a) In your opinion, does past history and concepts such as “White Supremacy” contribute to feelings of one race being “superior” or “inferior” to another and consequently create present issues and tensions?
YES / NO
b) Are these feelings contributing to tensions within Australia particularly between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians?
YES / NO
6. a) Do you believe that there are differences in values between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians?
YES / NO
IF YOU ANSWER NO SKIP B AND C, AND MOVE TO “EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER”
b) In your opinion, do you think that the differences in values between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians lead to tensions?
YES / NO
c) Do you feel tensions between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians is a factor in events leading up to violent incidents such as the Cronulla Riots?
YES / NO
Explain your answer: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
7. a) Do you believe that terrorism has influenced public opinion of the Middle East?
YES / NO
b) As a consequence of this influence, do you feel that the Middle Eastern community within Australia has become targets for persecution?
YES /NO
8. Should further Middle Eastern immigration be restricted in order to resolve supposed current ethnic tensions?
YES / NO
9. a) Do you believe that the media is assisting to create a negative image for Middle Eastern Australians?
YES / NO
b) In your opinion is this causing tensions between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians?
YES / NO
Explain your answer: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
10. In your opinion, what strategies should the government put in place to deal with conflict that arises from tensions between Middle Eastern Australians and Anglo-Saxon Australians? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Are you interested in participating in an interview for my research for the Personal Interest Project? NAME: __________________________________________________________________________
MIDDLE EASTERN AND ANGLO-SAXON RELATIONS WITHIN AUSTRALIA
QUESTIONNAIRE – Part 2A
The results of this questionnaire will only be used for the purpose of the Personal Interest Project for the Higher School Certificate and any personal details will remain confidential.
Before proceeding check to see your Questionnaire is correct.
Middle Eastern individuals are invited to complete Part 2A.
Anglo-Saxon individuals are invited to complete Part 2B.
1. a) Do you believe that Sheik Elhihaley’s controversial comments, such as “If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street (and) the cats come and eat it…whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hajib, no problem would have occurred” are a reflection on the Middle Eastern dominant religion, Islam? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Do you believe that the Sheik’s comments have worsened Middle Eastern and Anglo-Saxon relations within Australia, furthering value differences and tensions?
YES / NO
c) Do you believe that the media’s portrayal of the Sheik’s comments was biased and an excuse for an attack on the Middle Eastern community?
YES / NO Explain your answer: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
2. a) Do you believe that incidents such as the Cronulla Riots and the Granville Boys High Video are representative of a minority of a majority within the Middle Eastern community?
MINORITY MAJORITY
b) Do you believe that such incidents as the Cronulla Riots and the Granville Boys High Video heavily influence public opinion of both the Middle Eastern community and the Islamic belief systems?
YES / NO
3. a) Have you ever been personally persecuted or discriminated due to your ethnicity?
YES / NO – IF NO SKIP PART B
b) Do you believe that this has been a result of terrorism?
YES / NO
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MIDDLE EASTERN AND ANGLO-SAXON RELATIONS WITHIN AUSTRALIA
QUESTIONNAIRE – Part 2B
The results of this questionnaire will only be used for the purpose of the Personal Interest Project for the Higher School Certificate and any personal details will remain confidential.
Before proceeding check to see your Questionnaire is correct.
Middle Eastern individuals are invited to complete Part 2A.
Anglo-Saxon individuals are invited to complete Part 2B.
1. Throughout the past year, there has been a large focus on the Middle Eastern community in the media due to incidents such as the Cronulla Riots and the statements of Sheik Elhihaley, who became a household name after his controversial statement in which he compared women dressed ”immodestly” to uncovered meat. Read the following excerpt from an article from The Daily Telegraph, printed on the 27th of October 2006.
“According to the appalling Muslim cleric and so-called Australian mufti Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly, women who are raped have themselves to blame. That’s the essence of a message delivered by the sheik to about 500 Muslim worshippers in Sydney last month.”
Explain your reaction to the excerpt, and explain how it may have influenced your opinion of the Sheik and possibly your opinion of the Middle Eastern community _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is your opinion on extremists such as the boys involved in the Granville Boys High Video and the effect these extremists have on public opinion of the Australian Middle Eastern community? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Do you feel your approach and opinion of the Middle Eastern community within Australia has been influenced by the media and/or terrorism?
YES / NO Explain your answer: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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