Jørgen S. Nielsen

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| alma_mater = American University of Beirut

| thesis_title = Secular justice in an Islamic state: Mazalim under the Bahri Mamluks, 622/1264 – 789/1387

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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.{{cite web | url=https://teol.ku.dk/afd/ast/ansatte/?pure=da/persons/198967 | title=Jørgen Schøler Nielsen - Ansatte ved Afdeling for Systematisk Teologi | publisher=Københavns Universitet | work=Det Teologiske Fakultet | accessdate=May 18, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/tr/nielsen-jorgen.aspx | title=Professor Jorgen Nielsen | publisher=University of Birmingham | work=Department of Theology and Religion | date=2019 | accessdate=May 18, 2019}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Vinding |first1=Niels Valdemar |title=Jørgen S. Nielsen |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/J%C3%B8rgen_S._Nielsen |website=Den Store Danske |access-date=6 March 2024 |language=da |date=1 November 2023}} 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.