Definition of "madrasah" [madrasah]

• Islam A building or group of buildings used for teaching Islamic theology and religious law, typically including a mosque. (noun)

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• "A linguistic note: while the word madrasah simply means 'school' in Arabic, as a loan word in Indonesian it does seem to refer specifically to Islamic schools."
• "The Syrian regime has established 300 religious schools I hate it when people in US congress and media now use the word "madrasah", not knowing that it merely means "school.""
• "SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: And explain, as Stop the Madrassa - "madrasah" just means"