Jørgen S. Nielsen | |
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| Born | (1946-09-18)18 September 1946 (age 79) |
| Occupation | Professor |
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| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
| Thesis | Secular justice in an Islamic state: Mazalim under the Bahri Mamluks, 622/1264 – 789/1387 (1978) |
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| Discipline | Islamic studies |
Jørgen Schøler Nielsen is a former Professor of Islamic Studies at theUniversity 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 inArabic andMiddle Eastern Studies from theSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London, and a PhD inArab history from theAmerican 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 theEU Presidency and theCouncil of Europe on religious minorities, and to theDanish,Swedish andBritish foreign ministries on Islam and Europe.
He is also General Editor of the seriesMuslim Minorities[4] and Chief Editor of theYearbook of Muslims in Europe,[5] both fromBrill Publishers.
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