Gang Li

Dr. Gang Li is a Researcher at the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2023. He previously worked at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities at FAU (2020-2023) and held lecturing positions at Xinjiang University and Xinjiang Normal University (2012-2015). His research focuses on socio-legal theories, Islamic law in non-Muslim majority contexts, minority rights, and cultural identity within Chinese societies.

• Current affiliation: FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (EZIRE)
• Past affiliations: FAU's International Consortium for Research in Humanities, Xinjiang universities

Research spans legal pluralism in China, gender norms under Sharīʿa, EU minority rights frameworks, and ethnographic studies of Muslim communities in Xinjiang, Gansu, and Yunnan. Publications include critical analyses of Islamic education modernization and socio-legal tensions in Chinese Muslim identity formation.

Scientific contributions include monographs on Hui Muslim identity and journal articles addressing legal-ethical challenges in minority rights, religious violence, and post-Lisbon EU policies. Conference presentations explore topics like Muslim population dynamics in China and the Tang Code's treatment of Muslims.