ma·dras·sa
| \ mə-ˈdra-sə
, -ˈdrä- \
, -ˈdrä- \
variants:
or madrasa
or less commonly madrassah
or madrasah
Definition of madrassa
: a Muslim school, college, or university that is often part of a mosque
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For generations, the region’s Buddhist and Zoroastrian temples, ornate mosques and madrassas, ancient bazaars and breathtaking natural landscapes were hidden behind the Iron Curtain, then enveloped by dictatorship, poverty, social turmoil and war.
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Charly Wilder, New York Times, "12 Days on the Most Storied Highway of Them All: The Silk Road," 10 Mar. 2020
In 2006, only 7% of Muslim children of school-going age (7-19 years) attended a madrassa.
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Sharik Laliwala, Quartz India, "Facing bias, India’s Muslims are rallying behind its secular constitution, not radical Islam," 20 Feb. 2020
The nunnery looked oddly like a women’s madrassa in Qom, the country’s religious centre, and the audience seemed thrilled by a female rebel challenging the stifling atmosphere.
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The Economist, "Trapped in Iran," 28 Jan. 2020
Located in the Muslim-majority town of Gisenyi, at the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Islamic center houses a mosque and a madrassa, or religious school.
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Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, "“There is a great awakening happening”: The contentious role of religion in educating kids," 16 Jan. 2020
In 2009 Bangladeshi forces raided a madrassa funded by Green Crescent and found weapons and extremist literature.
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The Economist, "How Britain exports Islamist extremism to Bangladesh," 19 Sep. 2019
The remaining Rohingya children who attend neither UNICEF classes nor madrassas are simply left to fill their own day.
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Rubayat Jesmin, The Conversation, "Without school, a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future," 24 July 2019
Forced to leave Afghanistan because of his agitation against the monarchy, which was eventually overthrown, Haqqani set up a madrassa in Miran Shah, in Pakistan’s North Waziristan.
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Kathy Gannon, The Seattle Times, "Death of Afghan group’s founder unlikely to weaken militants," 4 Sep. 2018
Noor’s madrassa was shut down, so Mr. Ahmed rallied parents to start a makeshift one nearby.
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Niharika Mandhana, WSJ, "‘All Our Lives They Wanted to Ruin Us.’ For Decades, Myanmar Sought to Drive Out Rohingya," 23 Nov. 2018
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“Madrassa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madrassa. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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