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  • The religious schools Dini Madrasas that numbered 500-600 in the postwar period, but now reach the alarming number of 28,000 units, must be placed under the control of civil authority and international institutions.

    Amir Madani: How to Bring Jihadist Fundamentalism to Its End, Part Two Amir Madani 2011

  • Under the shared adage, "Do unto others ... ," religious groups around the world form an enormous delivery system for humanitarian services, providing food, clothing, shelter, health care and more; and despite the association of Madrasas with religious extremism, there is a vast network of religiously-based schools that provide children both the academic and moral foundation to contribute positively to their communities.

    Rev. Charles Gibbs: For God, For Good, For Neighbor Rev. Charles Gibbs 2011

  • Under the shared adage, "Do unto others ... ," religious groups around the world form an enormous delivery system for humanitarian services, providing food, clothing, shelter, health care and more; and despite the association of Madrasas with religious extremism, there is a vast network of religiously-based schools that provide children both the academic and moral foundation to contribute positively to their communities.

    Rev. Charles Gibbs: For God, For Good, For Neighbor Rev. Charles Gibbs 2011

  • “Something has to be done about those Spartan Madrasas, ” President Bush said at a luncheon sponsored by the Conservative Association of America later in the day, “those guys indoctrinate children to kill as soon as they could walk.

    Athens Petitions PSC to Add Sparta to Entities : Law is Cool 2008

  • Madrasas now outnumber secondary schools, according to Anupam Sen, the vice chancellor of a new private university in Chittagong, who also told me that a new class of society is emerging that is “globally Islamic” rather than “specifically Bengali.”

    Waterworld 2008

  • Madrasas now outnumber secondary schools, according to Anupam Sen, the vice chancellor of a new private university in Chittagong, who also told me that a new class of society is emerging that is “globally Islamic” rather than “specifically Bengali.”

    Waterworld 2008

  • I mean it's the same thing as these -- as people who, you know, recruit kids in Madrasas (ph), in Pakistan and get them to strap bombs on themselves when they themselves are too scared or don't have, you know -- I mean, if they really truly believe it, you wonder why they're just trying to encourage others to do it and not do so themselves.

    CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2009 2009

  • Madrasas, elitism, Limbaugh, O'Reilly and Hannity ... well, hopefully the delegate counts in these states are too small to make a difference

    Poll: Obama Losing West Virginia Primary By More Than Two To One 2009

  • Despite all those years secretly hanging out in Madrasas and that whole Wright-is-wrong thing, the Barry who became Barack has made the American Dream about as absolutely as can be imagined.

    Current Comedy, 11/2/08: Dewey Defeats Truman 2008

  • I also believe that there is Madrasas, which take these young people off the street and indoctrinate them into this hate filled beliefs that are funded by the Saudis and I also am appalled as you are when we hear that a woman is going to be flogged because of an apparent, of a charge of that she has been raped, I believed was the charge So I think it's very difficult.

    CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2008 2008

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