New Zealand's Muslims and Multiculturalism

Erich Kolig is a retired New Zealand social anthropologist and a former Visiting Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Vienna University. He has authored and edited several books and volumes and many articles on indigenous politics, New Zealand Muslims, radical Islam in Indonesia and Australian Aboriginal culture. His field research was carried out, mainly, in Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Indonesia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. At present, he is an Honorary Fellow in Religious Studies at Otago University, New Zealand.

“This book should be of interest to all who are concerned with the Muslim diaspora as well those concerned with any of the general issues discussed.”William Shepard in Contemporary Islam. Dynamics of Muslim Life (2010).