List of Muslim educational institutions

The following is a list of institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter.

Historical (surviving) institutions

Further information: Madrasah

Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:

• Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam
• University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco
• Al-Azhar University, Cairo
• Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
• Nizamiyya
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia.

Colonial-era institutions (non-seminaries)

Institutions founded during colonial era that are not religious seminaries. Most are universities with a broad charter for comprehensive education in the Muslim communities they serve:

• Aligarh Muslim University(http://www.amu.ac.in/)
• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi (http://jmi.nic.in/)
• Jamia Osmania
• Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India (http://islamiahcollege.edu.in
• National Shibli College, Azamgarh, Utter Pradesh, India

Colonial-era seminaries (usually "Madarassah"s)

Institutions of religious educations (most are classified as "Madarasa"s, a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during colonial era:

• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad India (http://www.jamianizamia.org)
• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam
• Jamia Darussalam, OomerAabad, Tamil Nadu
• Darul Uloom, Deoband, (http://www.darululoom-deoband.com)
• Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow (http://www.nadwatululama.org/)
• Madrassah as-Sawlatiyah, Makkah (http://www.alsawlatiyah.com/)
• Darul Uloom Newcastle, South Africa (http://www.darululoomnewcastle.co.za/)

Post-colonial seminaries (usually "Madarassah"s)

Religious institutions (or "Madarasah"s) founded since end of colonial rule in the respective countries:

• Jam'iah Arabia Ahsan ul uloom, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam
• Jam`iah Dar ul `Uloom, Korangi, Karachi
• Jam`iat ul `Uloom al Islamiyah, Allama Binori Town, Karachi. (The seminary itself is colloquially also known as "Binori Town".)
• Jam`iah Binoriyah, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
• Jam`iah Farooqiyah, Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi
• Darul Uloom Haqqaniyah, Akora Khatak
• Jam`iah Ashrafiyah, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
• Jami`ah Imdadiyah, Faisalabad
• Jam`iah Khayr ul Madaris, Multan
• Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah
• Umm al-Qura, Makkah
• Al-Imaan University, Riyadh
• Daar Al-Hadeeth Al-Khayriyyah, Makkah [1]
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, USA (http://www.zaytuna.org/)
• Dar al-mustafa, Tarim, Yemen (http://www.daralmustafa.org/)

Post-colonial institutions (non-seminaries)

Educational institutions founded since end of colonial rule that are not religious seminaries, but have a "Islamic" or "Muslim" identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with "Islamic" or "Muslim" culture and history:

Pakistan

• Hamdard University, Madinat-ul-Hikmat, Karachi
• International Islamic University, Islamabad
• Minhaj International University
• Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre, University of Karachi
• University of the Punjab, Faculty of Islamic Sctudies
• Islamia University, Bahawalpur
• Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

India

• Jamia Hamdard, Madinat-ul-Hikmat, Delhi (http://www.jamiahamdard.edu/)
• Al Ameen Colleges, Bangalore (http://www.alameen.edu/)
• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam
• Mazharul Uloom College, Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India
• C.Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Tamil Nadu, India
• The New College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed Women's College, Tamil Nadu, India
• Islamiah Women's College, Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India
• Jamal Mohammed College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
• Darul Huda Islamic University

Saudi Arabia

• Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Malaysia

• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
• Al-Madinah International University

UAE

• University of Sharjah, College of Sharia'a & Islamic Studies.

Syria

• Damascus University, Faculty of Shari'a.

Kuwait

• Kuwait University, College of Shari'a & Islamic Studies.

Jordan

• University of Jordan, Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies).

Sudan

• Omdurman Islamic University
• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences

Bangladesh

• Islamic University
• International Islamic University, Chittagong

Palestine

• Islamic University of Gaza

Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

See also

• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Medieval university

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