ABSTRACT Australian civic society has become increasingly multicultural and diverse. Nevertheless, in the current political climate, Australian Muslims may feel as though they live under a microscope of scrutiny with their sense of affiliation and allegiance questioned. The narrative regarding Muslims in Australia has largely focused on Sunnis and ethnic Arabs. This qualitative study examines the Australian Shi’a Isma’ili Muslim community – a minority within a minority – and how attachment to supraordinate identity markers of ‘Muslim’ and ‘Australian’ influence their identity construction. It utilised semi-structured interviews with 16 first- and second-generation Isma’ili Muslims to examine the intersection of national, religious, and cultural identities via the lens of Identity Process Theory (IPT). Religious identity was important to respondents, who spoke of how their ‘double minority’ status distinguished them vis-à-vis the broader Muslim community in Australia and Australian society overall. Nevertheless, respondents noted a strong sense of instrumental attachment to Australia which enabled them to develop a distinct niche of Isma’ili Muslim identity unique to the Australian landscape.

中文翻译：

---

在澳大利亚伊斯玛里穆斯林中建立民族和宗教身份

摘要澳大利亚的公民社会已经变得越来越多元和多元。然而，在当前的政治气氛中，澳大利亚穆斯林可能会感到自己似乎生活在受到审查的显微镜下，对他们的归属感和忠诚感提出了质疑。有关澳大利亚穆斯林的叙述主要集中于逊尼派和阿拉伯人。这项定性研究考察了澳大利亚的什叶派伊斯玛利穆斯林社区（少数群体中的少数群体），以及对“穆斯林”和“澳大利亚人”超凡身份标记的依恋如何影响他们的身份建构。它利用对16位第一代和第二代伊斯玛里穆斯林的半结构化访谈，通过身份过程理论（IPT）的角度检验了民族，宗教和文化身份的交集。宗教身份对受访者很重要，他们谈到了“双重少数民族”身份与澳大利亚更广泛的穆斯林社区和整个澳大利亚社会的区别。然而，受访者指出，他们对澳大利亚有强烈的工具依恋感，这使他们能够发展出独特的，以澳大利亚景观独特的伊斯玛里穆斯林身份的利基市场。