McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies

The McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies and the Islamic Studies Library were established in 1952 by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, and since 1983 both have been housed in Morrice Hall on McGill's campus in downtown Montreal, Quebec.

McGill's institute is the first institute of Islamic studies in North America[1] and hosts 14 full-time professors, 5 visiting positions and 5 professors emeritus.

[2] The Islamic Studies Library began with only 250 books but grew rapidly.

[1] The Institute of Islamic Studies has had numerous famous faculty members, including, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Toshihiko Izutsu, Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi, Niyazi Berkes, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Issa J. Boullata, Sajida Alvi, and Wael Hallaq.

[3] Given the high number of influential scholars of the study of Islam, professors of the Institute have been honoured with numerous festschrifts.