The Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe

Abstract

The Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe', one of the twelve parallel workshops at the Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting of the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute's Mediterranean Program (Florence, 19-23 March 2003), was devoted to the theme of ISIM's research project under the same name (see www.isim.nl). The workshop, directed by Martin van Bruinessen and Stefano Allievi, brought together a group of mostly young scholars presently engaged in research on various aspects of religious knowledge and authority.