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Islamic college
Answer for the clue "Islamic college ", 7 letters:
madrasa
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Madrasa (, , pl. , , , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution , whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah , madarasaa , medresa , madrassa , madraza , medrese , etc. In the West , ...
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n. 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" [syn: madrasah ]
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of madrasah English)
Usage examples of madrasa.
At the age of fifteen he and a group of peers stoned a reporter to death for writing an article that was critical of the madrasa they attended.
In the city to the north there stands a mosque like no other, the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan.
Next morning he rose early and made his way to the Madrasa of the Sultan Hasan.
Past the Gates of Sultan Qayt Bay, a large courtyard with several ornate minarets and qibla prayer walls separated the Madrasa from the main sanctuary, where the speeches and prayer services for President Salaam's guests would take place.
The forty-one-year-old Saudi Arabian had been preparing himself for this mission since the age of nine when he had been sent to a madrasa in Mecca to study the Koran.