Editing Madrasa (section)

=== Meaning and usage in English ===
In English, the term ''{{transliteration|ar|ALA|madrasah}}'' or "madrasa" usually refers more narrowly to Islamic institutions of learning. Historians and other scholars also employ the term to refer to historical learning institutions throughout the [[Muslim world]], which is to say a college where [[Sharia|Islamic law]] was taught along with other secondary subjects, but not to secular science schools, modern or historical. These institutions were typically housed in specially designed buildings which were primarily devoted to this purpose. Such institutions are believed to have originated, or at least proliferated, in the region of [[Iran]] in the 11th century under [[vizier]] [[Nizam al-Mulk]] and subsequently spread to other regions of the Islamic world.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last1=Abaza|first1=Mona|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World|last2=Kéchichian|first2=Joseph A.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|chapter=Madrasah}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |editor-last=Bloom |editor-first=Jonathan M. |editor-link=Jonathan M. Bloom |volume=2 |pages=430–433 |language=en |chapter=Madrasa |isbn=978-0-19-530991-1 |editor-last2=Blair |editor-first2=Sheila S. |editor-link2=Sheila Blair}}</ref>