A higher school devoted to the study of the traditional Islamic sciences.
(Arabic) In Muslim usage: An institution of higher learning in traditional Islamic education.
Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan; "the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia"
a school for Islamic learning and culture that also promotes core educational learning requirements
Arabic word meaning place of study. An Islamic theological college providing student lodgings, a prayer hall, lecture halls, and a library. Perhaps first established in the tenth century by the Ghaznavids to combat the influence of dissenting sects, such as the Shiites; by the fourteenth century madrasas were located in all great cities of the Muslim world. Usually consists of an open quadrangle bordered by vaulted cloisters called Iwans.
A religious (Islamic) school
A theological school to teach Islamic jurisprudence in Islamic era. Ar.
