Centers for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

On this page we will present centres for the study of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations,


Centre for Islamic Studies, London, England
CIS is located at the London Bible College.


Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (CMCU), Washington, DC, US


Centre for the Study of Islam and Christianity (CSIC), Birmingham, England
CSIC is part of Birmingham University and offers academic training at master's and doctoral levels. CSCI is set up in cooperation between Christian and Muslim scholars.


Christian Study Center (CSC), Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Fuller Theological Seminary, School of World Mission, Pasadena, CA, US

Global Mission Institue, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, US

Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, India


International Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, London, England

Ponticical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), Rome, Italy
This center is run by the socalled White Fathers, the Missionaries of Africa. It offers a wide range of degree programs incl. doctoral studies. The focus is on the textual study of Islam.


St. John of Damascus Faculty of Theology, Tripoli, Lebanon

Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies, Fort Wayne, Indiana
The institute is related to the Lausanne Movement and is locaed at Concordia Theological Seminary. It focuses more on folk Islam than on formal Islam.