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  • noun Islam a school for teaching Islamic theology and religious law

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Examples

  • A madrassah in Indonesia (which they have since tried to deny, but a madrassah is a Wahabbi religious institute of learning), an Indonesian half-sister, a white grandmother who raised him, a deceased Kenyan father, time spent in Hawaii ...

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • What more, exactly, is there to say about his upbringing in Indonesia, than that Fox News falsely accused him of having attended a 'madrassah', and that news organization was then shown up when CNN actually sent a news team to the school in question, finding it to be an innocent, mixed-religion elementary school?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Education in a Wahhabist "madrassah" emphasises the theological role of religious war ( "Jihad"), to be waged defensively in the case of invasion into "muslim land", or offensively at the call of the Caliph.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Education in a Wahhabist "madrassah" emphasises the theological role of religious war ( "Jihad"), to be waged defensively in the case of invasion into "muslim land", or offensively at the call of the Caliph.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • When one analyses the activities of the Tabligh Jamaat, their day and night actions, their methods and systems, one will be forced to admit that in today's time it is the only mobile 'madrassah' and mobile 'Khanqah'.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows ismaileliat 2009

  • Education in a Wahhabist "madrassah" emphasises the theological role of religious war ( "Jihad"), to be waged defensively in the case of invasion into "muslim land", or offensively at the call of the Caliph.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Az wonders onstage why so many people think attending a "madrassah" has anything to do with radical Islam, when that's simply the Arabic word for school.

    Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com 2008

  • Az wonders onstage why so many people think attending a "madrassah" has anything to do with radical Islam, when that's simply the Arabic word for school.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2008

  • Az wonders onstage why so many people think attending a "madrassah" has anything to do with radical Islam, when that's simply the Arabic word for school.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2008

  • Az wonders onstage why so many people think attending a "madrassah" has anything to do with radical Islam, when that's simply the Arabic word for school.

    Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com 2008

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