Jørgen Schøler Nielsen is a former Professor of Islamic Studies at the

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. 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. He holds degrees in

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and

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from the

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, London, and a PhD in

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from the American University of Beirut. 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. He has also worked as a consultant to the

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and the Council of Europe on religious minorities, and to the

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foreign ministries on Islam and Europe.

Academic posts

* Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Department of Theology,

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from 1978 to 1988; * Director of the Centre from 1988 to 2001. * Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Birmingham in 1996. * Director of the Danish Institute in Damascus and Cultural Counsellor at the Danish Embassy from 2005 to 2007.

Selected publications

*''Muslim Participation in Europe'', Edinburgh University Press (2013) * ''Muslims in Western Europe'', Edinburgh University Press (2005) * ''Towards a European Islam'', Palgrave Macmillan (1999) He is also General Editor of the series ''Muslim Minorities'' and Chief Editor of the ''Yearbook of Muslims in Europe'', both from Brill Publishers.

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* 1946 births Living people Academics of the University of Birmingham Islamic studies scholars Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen {{Denmark-academic-bio-stub