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Jørgen Schøler Nielsen is a former Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Copenhagen. In October 2007, he assumed a five-year research chair (funded by the Danish National Research Foundation) within the Faculty of Theology, where he leads the Centre for European Islamic Thought.[1] He holds degrees in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and a PhD in Arab history from the American University of Beirut.[2] He has concentrated his research on the situation of Muslims in Europe with related interests in the Islamic debate over religious pluralism and relations with the West.[3] He has also worked as a consultant to the EU Presidency and the Council of Europe on religious minorities, and to the Danish, Swedish and British foreign ministries on Islam and Europe.
Jørgen S. Nielsen | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
Thesis | Secular justice in an Islamic state: Mazalim under the Bahri Mamluks, 622/1264 – 789/1387 (1978) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Islamic studies |
He is also General Editor of the series Muslim Minorities[4] and Chief Editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe,[5] both from Brill Publishers.
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