Editing Madrasa (section)

=== South Asia ===
[[File:Alauddin's Madrasa, Qutb complex.jpg|thumb|[[Alauddin Khalji]]'s Madrasa, [[Qutb complex]], built in the early-14th century in [[Delhi]], India.|alt=]]
====Afghanistan====
As of early 2021, Afghanistan had some 5000 madrasas registered with the [[Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs]] (unregistered ones being uncounted) with around 250 in [[Kabul]], including the Darul-Ulom Imam [[Abu Hanifa]] which has 200 teachers and 3000 students, and in all, some 380,000 students were enrolled in these government recognized madrasas, including 55,000 girls.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahimi|first=Zahra|date=8 January 2021|title=Govt Plans to Bring Madrassas Under State Control|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-169095|website=[[TOLOnews]]|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921233859/https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-169095|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Bangladesh====
There are three different madrasa education systems in Bangladesh: the original darse nizami system, the redesigned nizami system, and the higher syllabus alia nisab. The first two categories are commonly called [[Qawmi madrasa|Qawmi]] or non-government madrasas.<ref>{{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=ABM Saiful Islam |year=2012 |chapter=Madrasah |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Madrasah |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |access-date=2016-05-08 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306032507/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Madrasah |url-status=live }}</ref> Amongst them the most notable are [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] in Hathazari, [[Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya]], in Patiya, and [[Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah]] in [[Sylhet]].[[File:চিত্র ৩ লালবাগ দুর্গের দক্ষিণ পূর্ব তোরণের সম্মুখভাগ.jpg|thumb|The [[Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh]] madrasa in [[Bangladesh]] lies in front of the historic [[Lalbagh Fort]] courtyard.]]In 2006 there were 15,000 registered Qawmi madrasas with the Befaqul Mudarressin of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board,<ref name="dstar1">{{cite news |title=Qawmi madrasas under watch |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=82099 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2009-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023205118/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=82099 |archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref> though the figure could be well over double that number if unregistered madrasas were counted.<ref name="saminaahmed2005">Ahmed, Samina. ''[http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/speeches/2005/testimony-of-samina-ahmed-to-us-senate-foreign-relations-committee.aspx Testimony of Samina Ahmed to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303083724/http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/speeches/2005/testimony-of-samina-ahmed-to-us-senate-foreign-relations-committee.aspx |date=2011-03-03 }}''. 19 Apr 2005.</ref>

The madrasas regulated by the government through the [[Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board]] are called the Alia madrasas and they number some 7,000, offering, in addition to religious instruction, subjects such as English and science, and its graduates often complete their education in secular institutions, to the extent that some 32% of the university teachers in the humanities and the social sciences are graduates of these Alia madrasas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anam|first=Tahmima|date=20 May 2011|title=An education: Inside Bangladesh's madrasas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/21/inside-madrasa-for-girls-bangladesh-tahmima-anam|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921232155/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/21/inside-madrasa-for-girls-bangladesh-tahmima-anam|url-status=live}}</ref>

====India====
[[File:Quvvathul Islam Madrassa. , Taliparamba, Kerala, India. (4488376429).jpg|thumbnail|Quvvathul Islam Senior Madrassa, [[Taliparamba]], India ]]
[[Image:Madrasah1.jpg|thumb|This is a madarasa of the Jamia Masjid mosque in [[Srirangapatna]], India. This mosque dates back to the 1700s and is where [[Tipu Sultan]] used to pray.]]

In 2008, India's madrassas were estimated to number between 8000 and 30,000, the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] hosting most of them, estimated by the Indian government to have 10,000 of those back then.<ref>Nair, Padmaja (2009) ''The State and Madrasas in India''. Working Paper. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, p. 18</ref>

The majority of these schools follow the [[Hanafi]] school of thought. The religious establishment forms part of the mainly two large divisions within the country, namely the Deobandis, who dominate in numbers (of whom the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] constitutes one of the biggest madrasas) and the [[Barelvi]]s, who also make up a sizeable portion (Sufi-oriented). Some notable establishments include: [[Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah]] ([[Isma'ilism]]), [[Al Jamiatul Ashrafia]], Mubarakpur, Manzar Islam Bareilly, Jamia Nizamdina New Delhi, Jamia Nayeemia Muradabad which is one of the largest learning centres for the Barelvis. The HR{{Clarify|date=May 2010}} ministry of the government of India has recently{{When|date=June 2011}} declared that a Central Madrasa Board would be set up. This will enhance the education system of madrasas in India. Though the madrasas impart Quranic education mainly, efforts are on to include mathematics, computers, and science in the curriculum.

In July 2015, the state government of [[Maharashtra]] created a stir when it de-recognised madrasa education, receiving criticism from several political parties with the NCP accusing the ruling BJP of creating Hindu-Muslim friction in the state, and Kamal Farooqui of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board saying it was "ill-designed"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/7/3/indian-state-de-recognises-madrasa-education|title=Indian state de-recognises madrasa education|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2022-06-10|archive-date=2022-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610234947/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/7/3/indian-state-de-recognises-madrasa-education|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/madrassaeducated-children-will-be-considered-outofschool-maharashtra-govt/article7379718.ece?homepage=true|title=In Maharashtra, students obtaining full-time religious education to be considered uneducated|first1=Alok|last1=Deshpande|first2=Omar|last2=Rashid|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 July 2015|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703104732/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/madrassaeducated-children-will-be-considered-outofschool-maharashtra-govt/article7379718.ece?homepage=true|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2024, the Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh declared the Madrasa Act of 2004 to be unconstitutional, according to a court order, while ordering the state government to move students enrolled in the Islamic system into mainstream schools.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=2024-03-25 |title=Court ruling effectively outlaws Islamic schools in India's most populous state |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/24/india/india-madrasa-court-ruling-uttar-pradesh-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

===== In Kerala =====
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Most of the Muslims of Kerala follow the traditional [[Shafi'i|Shāfiʿī]] school of religious law (known in Kerala as the traditionalist 'Sunnis') while a large minority follow modern movements that developed within [[Sunni Islam]].<ref name="Miller12">Miller, E. Roland. "Mappila Muslim Culture" State University of New York Press, Albany (2015); p. xi.</ref><ref name="TheEncyclopediaofIslam2">Miller, R. E. "Mappila" in ''The Encyclopedia of Islam'' Volume VI. Leiden E. J. Brill 1988 p. 458-66 [https://books.google.com/books?id=SiBkMSIZ2LYC&q=editions:lTASeHyksMsC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115132434/https://books.google.com/books?id=SiBkMSIZ2LYC&dq=editions:lTASeHyksMsC&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik6pvDw-vbAhWLKo8KHdNqBeUQ6AEIKzAB|date=2023-01-15}}</ref> The latter section consists of majority [[Salafi movement|Salafists (the Mujahids)]] and the minority [[Islamism|Islamists (political Islam)]].<ref name="Miller12" /><ref name="TheEncyclopediaofIslam2" />

* A 'madrasa' in Kerala refers to an extra-curricular institution where children receive basic (Islamic) religious and [[Arabic language]] instruction.<ref name=":12">OSELLA, FILIPPO, and CAROLINE OSELLA. “Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India.” ''Modern Asian Studies'', vol. 42, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 317–346., doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003198.</ref>
* The so-called '[[Arabic Colleges]]' of Kerala are the equivalent of north Indian madrasas.<ref name=":12"/>

====Pakistan====
{{Main|Madrassas in Pakistan}}It is sometimes speculated that parents send their children to madrasas in Pakistan due to the inability to afford a good education. Although Madrasas are free they do provide adequate education for their students. It is sometimes speculated that due to lower quality of education those who finish have a hard time finding employment. Those who attended Madrasas have problem finding a job soon after. The education those receive madrasas in Pakistan closely resembles public institutions in the United States.<ref name=Fair/>[[File:Mosque_And_Education_Center_Run_By_Dawat-e-Islami.jpg|thumb|Madrasa e Faizan e Madina in [[Karachi]], Pakistan]]
The madrasas rose as colleges of learning in the Islamic world in the 11th century, though there were institutions of learning earlier. They catered not only to the religious establishment, though that was the dominant influence over them, but also the secular one. To the latter they supplied physicians, administrative officials, judges and teachers. Today many registered madrasas are working effectively and coping up with modern education system such as [[Jamia-tul-Madina]], which is a chain of Islamic schools in Pakistan and in European and other countries established by [[Dawat-e-Islami]]. The Jamia-tul-Madina are also known as Faizan-e-Madina. Dawat-e-Islami has grown its network of madrasas from Pakistan to Europe. In today's time the most centralized location of madrasas is in Pakistan.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} Although Pakistan hold the most Madrasas the number is still growing in many different countries.

====Nepal====
Nepal has 907 madrasas recognized on the same level as government schools but the total number in the country is around 4000.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rajbanshi|first=Arjun|date=27 October 2019|title=A madrasa blends traditional education with modern to keep up with the changing times|url=https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2019/10/27/a-madrasa-blends-traditional-education-with-modern-to-keep-up-with-the-changing-times|website=[[The Kathmandu Post]]|access-date=2 May 2021|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502090947/https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2019/10/27/a-madrasa-blends-traditional-education-with-modern-to-keep-up-with-the-changing-times|url-status=live}}</ref>