McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies

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The McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies and the Islamic Studies Library where established in 1952 by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and since 1983 both have been housed in Morrice Hall on McGill's campus in downtown Montreal. McGill's institute is the first institute of Islamic studies in North America^[1] and hosts 14 full-time professors, 5 visiting positions and 4 professors emeritus^[2].

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The Islamic Studies Library began with only 250 books but grew rapidly. Today, the library holds more than 110,000 volumes, half of them in Islamic languages, and is counted among the major North American collections in Islamic Studies.^[1]

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• List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
• Islamic studies
• Islamic Institute of Toronto
• McGill University Faculty of Arts