| Birth Date: | 18 September 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Frederiksberg |
| Occupation: | Professor |
| Alma Mater: | American University of Beirut |
| Thesis Title: | Secular justice in an Islamic state: Mazalim under the Bahri Mamluks, 622/1264 – 789/1387 |
| Thesis Year: | 1978 |
| Discipline: | Islamic studies |
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.[1] 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.[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 the EU Presidency and the Council of Europe on religious minorities, and to the Danish, Swedish and British foreign ministries on Islam and Europe.
He is also General Editor of the series Muslim Minorities[4] and Chief Editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe,[5] both from Brill Publishers.