Patrice Brodeur is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Religious Studies at the University of Montreal (Canada), where he held a Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism and Globalization. He holds a BA in Religious Studies and an MA in Islamic Studies from McGill University, as well as an A.M. and Ph.D. in Comparative Religion (Islam and Judaism) from Harvard University. He also studied two years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and one year in the Shari`ah Faculty at the University of Jordan. He has also served in various functions at the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) since 2013.