Tahmoores Behrouzinia - Ph.D. in Population Studies from University of Adelaide/Australia; Assistant Professor in: University of Tarbiat Moallem/Tehran-Iran

Unemployment is widely regarded as the foremost economic problem currently facing the immigrant groups especially with religious background in Australia. Concerning the role of religion in secular institutions (politics, economics and other important areas of society) in Australia, especially after the attack on the USA on 11th September 2001 which imposed violence against Muslims (especially Muslim women), it seems that this not only exerted an influence on increasing Muslims unemployment, also extended the duration of their unemployment. Concerning the fact that unemployment can perform a crucial impediment role in the way of Muslim migrants’ socio-economic adjustment to the new society, this paper, focuses on the high and persistent unemployment of Muslims in the Australian labour force compared with other religious ancestries and total Australian population. It will distinguish the experiences of men and of women by selected age groups.