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ma·dra·sa

or ma·dra·sah also ma·dras·sah  (mə-drä′sə)
n. Islam
1. An institution for the study of Islamic theology and religious law.
2. The buildings and grounds of such an institution, typically attached to a mosque.
[Arabic, school, from darasa, to study; see drš in Semitic roots.]
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Noun1.madrasa - Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistanmadrasa - 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"
madrasah
religious school - a school run by a religious body
Bangla Desh, Bangladesh, East Pakistan, People's Republic of Bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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The Madrasa Regulation Bill is one of the major components of the National Action Plan, and ever since the Centre has devised the action plan, the seminar-ies act has gone through many revisions, but it is yet to see the light of day.
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Official sources said, under the National Action Plan the registration process of none-registered Madrasa is underway and step precede fast after the current targeted killing and other incidents occurred specially in provincial capital.
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He said that only that change in madrasa could succeed which was routed from within the Madaris, said a press release here.
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India : State Govt to introduce NCERT Books in UP madrasas
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As a result, the madrasa, to some extent, fell prey to marginalization, fundamentalism, and a sense of deprivation and its education could not maintain its cherished traditions.
The Role of Madrasa Education in Inter-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Exchange
Many of these achievements can be credited to the recent rise and reform of madrasa education.
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Regulated by madrasa boards established on sectarian basis, these madrasas promote sectarianism both by default and by design.
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But Hussein said: "I think no madrasa of known affiliation with an extremist outfit has been closed in Sindh or KP.
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