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madrasah
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madrasah

(Arabic: “school”) Islamic theological seminary and law school attached to a mosque. The residential madrasah was a newer building form than the mosque, flourishing in most Muslim cities by the end of the 12th century. The Syrian madrasahs in Damascus tended to follow a standardized plan: An elaborate facade led into a domed hallway and then into a courtyard where instruction took place, with at least one eyvan (vaulted hall) opening onto it. The madrasah at the Qalaun Mosque in Cairo (1283–85) has a unique cruciform eyvan on the richly carved qibla (wall facing Mecca) side and a smaller eyvan opposite. Residential cells for scholars occupy the other two sides.



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Detailing the condition of Indian Muslims, the Sachar Committee found that fewer than 4 percent graduate from schools and, in the absence of public schools, another 4 percent end up in madrassas (religious schools).
The general-support component of the militant Islamic infrastructure also includes Islamic nongovernmental organizations that solicit money on behalf of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations and fund fundamentalist madrassas and mosques throughout the world.
In low-income countries, social and welfare services are often inadequate, creating voids in education and health that may be filled by radical non-governmental organizations or madrassas.
 
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