Since the turn of the century there has been frequent talk of ‘home-grown’ imams and the development of Islamic theology with a European perspective. This talk will survey the realities in several European countries and identify some of the challenges to European institutions of higher education, governments, and Muslim organisations.
Jørgen S. Nielsen is one of the foremost scholars on Muslims in Europe today. He was Professor of Islamic Studies from October 2007 to June 2013 at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and before that at the University of Birmingham. He was appointed to a research chair funded by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, where he led the Centre for European Islamic Thought. 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. He has worked as a consultant to the foreign ministries of Denmark, Sweden and the UK on Islam, and to the EU Presidency and the Council of Europe on religious minorities.
The lecture will begin at 6.30pm
Venue: Cambridge Muslim College, 14 St Paul’s Road, Cambridge CB1 2EZ
