In this lecture we will see that ‘Islam’ has for fourteen centuries touched all corners of ‘Europe’. We will discuss how this took place, and in what manner that history is still relevant to understand the issues of Islam and Muslims in Europe today.

Professor Dr Maurits S. Berger, LLM, graduated in Law and Arabic Studies and is professor of Islam and the West at Leiden University and director of the Leiden Islam Academie. He teaches courses in the programs of Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and International Studies.