A fundamentalist Muslim sheikh who has slammed gay marriage and homosexuals will speak at a University of Wollongong workshop.

Sheikh Jamil El-Biza will speak at the "Understanding others through narrative practices" event conducted by the new School of Liberal Arts, where the controversial Ramsay Centre degree will operate.

Fundamentalist Muslim sheikh Sheikh Jamil El-Biza. Credit:Illawarra Mercury

The event on Friday is the first in a series of Liberal Arts Research Workshop Series and will include a number of speakers, including the man who designed UOW's Western Civilisation degree, Senior Professor Daniel Hutto.

But it is the appearance of Sheikh Jamil El-Biza, the Imam of Masjid As-Salaam Berkeley, which has riled some in the community.