From Sailors to Migrants

Study of Religions Department
History of Islam in Ireland Seminar Series
From Sailors to Migrants
The History and Integration of
Muslims in Ireland (1861-2010)
Dr Vivian Ibrahim
University College Cork
This presentation aims to provide an overview of early ‘Muslims’ in Ireland. Examining sail-ors and migrants- including Prof. Mir Aulad Ali (1861-1898) of Trinity College and the first settled community of 1932- this paper will look at how ‘Muslims’ came to Ireland and were perceived in Dublin up to 1945.
Assessing the contemporary, the presentation will then discuss policies that have been imple-mented by the Irish state in attempt to foster an ‘integrated Ireland’. In particular, Garda poli-cies, banking and measure implemented by the Ministry of Integration will be analysed.
This presentation is based on an overview of all the research Dr Vivian Ibrahim conducted over 2009-10 for the IRCHSS-funded project ‘The history of Islam in Ireland’ based at UCC.
Dr Vivian Ibrahim is a post-doctoral researcher in the Study of Religions Department at UCC.
23 September 2010, 1pm
ORB G41
Fáilte roimh chách / All welcome
For further information: Dr Oliver Scharbrodt, 021-490 2895, o.scharbrodt@ucc.ie