Jonas Otterbeck is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London. Prior to this, he was Professor of Islamic Studies at Lund University, Sweden, and Lecturer in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at Malmö University, Sweden. Over the last twenty-five years, he has engaged in research about contemporary Islam, often with political relevance. He has published on the situation of Muslim pupils in Swedish schools, the identity constructions of Muslim youth and their understanding of Islam, the representation of Islam and Muslims in Sweden, Islamic revivalist discourse, active citizenship among Muslims, and the relationship between European states and Muslim organisations. His research has also focused on music censorship and artists' right to expression. Among his many publications are the books Muslims in Western Europe (together with J. Nielsen, Edinburgh University Press, 2016) and numerous articles in journals such as Popular Music and Society, Contemporary Islam and Ethnic and Racial Studies. Jørgen S.

Nielsen is Professor Emeritus of Islam in Contemporary Europe, University of Birmingham, and Affiliated Professor in the Faculties of Theology and Humanities, University of Copenhagen. After two years as director of the Danish Institute in Damascus, in 2007 he took up a six-year appointment as a Danish Research Foundation Professor in the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen. He has published extensively about Islam in Europe including Muslims in Western Europe, first published in 1992 by Edinburgh University Press, now in its 4th edition, with Jonas Otterbeck, 2016. Currently he is involved in editing the series Muslim Minorities, Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Journal of Muslims in Europe and is Executive Editor of the Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, all published by Brill, Leiden.