Islam on Campus: teaching Islamic Studies at Higher Education Institutions in the UK. Report of a conference held at the University of Edinburgh, 4 December 2006

The purpose of the ‘Islam on Campus’ conference was to consider the state of Islamic Studies in the UK. Its immediate context was the awareness that issues relating to the teaching of Islamic Studies were assuming greater importance, both on university campuses and in the funding and political arenas. The general interest in, and concern about, these issues has led to a number of previous events, including the Islam and Higher Education conference held in Birmingham between 20–30 January 2005, and a conference on The State of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Western Universities held at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 26 November 2006.