madrasa
Noun
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Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan (synset 108300101)
"the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported with money from Saudi Arabia"domain region:
- bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh - a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
- islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
is a type of: religious school - a school run by a religious bodysame as: madrasah
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