madrasa
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A religious Islamic school is called a madrasa. Kids from the local madrasa might meet their public school friends to play basketball in the afternoon.
Although today a madrasa can refer to any religious school attended by Muslims, originally it was only used for colleges or universities. The Arabic madrasah literally means "a place of study," and refers to any school at all, whether religious or secular. It traces back to the root darasa, "he read repeatedly" or "he studied."
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a Muslim college, university, or school“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”synonyms: madrasahtype of:religious schoola school run by a religious body
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