madrassa

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It is widely believed that the madrassa was the launching pad for the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, which is why Sami ul-Haq is also called ...

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  • Bangladeshi officials say that the madrassa is located on a remote river island only accessible via a drawbridge. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
  • It is widely believed that the madrassa was the launching pad for the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, which is why Sami ul-Haq is also called ... —  Jamestown Foundation: All Publications
  • The most recent raid took place on Sept 4th in the FATA's South Waziristan region against a complex of houses which comprised a madrassa, an Islamic school. —  The Right Angle @ HumanEvents.com
  • An explosion at an Islamic school, known as a madrassa, near the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killed five students and wounded eleven others, Pakistani police said. —  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
  • His knowledge of the Urdu and Arabic languages learnt in his classes at the madrassa, and his excellent enunciation of the English language learnt at Queen's, gave him a distinct advantage over other announcers. —  Stabroek News
 

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