I am an Australian born Muslim

"I am an Australian born Muslim with two Australian parents who converted in Indonesia in the early 70s while backpacking. I always get asked how long I have been Muslim as I clearly look Aussie and when I say I was born Muslim, people get shocked as they are expecting the answer to be 5, maybe 8 years at the most! My husband is half-Chinese-half-Malay so our 3 mixed kids create even more confusion! I am finishing off a PhD on Muslim women and divorce at the University of Melbourne and am on the Advisory Board of the first Islamic Museum of Australia that opened in Melbourne in March 2014
(Fatima)