madrassahs
Quranic teaching institutions
Madrassahs are Islamic schools, ranging from elementary religious instruction to advanced theological seminaries.
The term comes from Arabic for "place of study." In Western media, madrassahs often appear in discussions of radical Islam, though most simply teach Quranic recitation, Arabic, and Islamic law alongside secular subjects.
Also spelled madrasas or medressas.
Those receiving instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- pedagogyArt of instruction
instruction · lectures · tutoring · enrollment · boarding · dormitory · scholars · teacher
Islam's central scripture
- HadithProphetic tradition collection
- FiqhMuslim legal theory
- TafsirQuranic interpretive scholarship
- ShariaMuslim religious legal code
Hafiz · Sunni · Shia · Salah · Wudu · Sunnah · Ummah · Sufism
Clergy training college
- schoolPlace of instruction
- collegeHigher education institution
- academyInstitution of learning
- dormitoryStudent living building
mosque · courtyard · minaret · endowment · funding · fees · boarding · administration
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- transmissionSending of information
- oralOf the mouth
classical · medieval · Ottoman · Mughal · legacy · preservation · ancestry · apprenticeship
students
Those receiving instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
- recitationOral delivery from memory
pedagogy · instruction · lectures · tutoring · enrollment · boarding · dormitory · scholars · teacher · mullah
Quran
Islam's central scripture
Sharia · Hafiz · Sunni · Shia · Salah · Wudu · Sunnah · Ummah · Sufism · Dhikr
seminary
Clergy training college
dormitory · mosque · courtyard · minaret · endowment · funding · fees · boarding · administration · principal
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- transmissionSending of information
oral · classical · medieval · Ottoman · Mughal · legacy · preservation · ancestry · apprenticeship · chain
madrassahssecular schools
Educational institutions without religious affiliation
public schools · state schools · polytechnics · technical schools · vocational schools
madrassahsmodern universities
Current institutions of learning
research universities · Montessori schools · online academies
madrassahsyeshivas
Jewish religious schools
seminaries · Christian schools · parochial schools · Catholic schools · Sunday schools