Abstract

This paper presents part of the findings from a Master of Education thesis at the University of Western Australia aimed at addressing the paucity of empirical research in the area of migrant Muslim parenting in a Western context. This paper focuses on the perspective of success held by orthodox/moderate migrant Muslim parents in Perth in bringing up their second generation children in Australia through living Islamic values. Using community focus groups and case studies, participants of this qualitative study defined outcomes of success to include internalisation of faith; confidence in one’s Muslim identity; educational achievement; respectful engagement with others and fair representation of Islam.