Islamologyn.
/ˌɪzləˈmɒlədʒi/, /ˌɪsləˈmɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɪzləˈmɑlədʒi/, /ˌɪsləˈmɑlədʒi/ Islam as a subject of study; Islamic studies.
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1835 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 149 An event took place..which is worthy of the attention of all those studying Islamology or Semitic philology.
1962 East & West 13 374/1 Studies in the most varied fields, which have as subjects..Aryan-European linguistics, aesthetic criticism, the history of religion, Islamology, etcetera.
1995 Irish Times 24 June 11/7 Professor Jan Hjärpe..holds the only chair in Islamology in the Nordic countries.
2014 M. Laffan in J. L. Gelvin & N. Green Global Muslims in Age of Steam & Print 29 People familiar with the terrain of the old jihadists and their descendants but with little training in Islam or Islamology.
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