List of Islamic seminaries

This is a list of Islamic seminaries throughout history, including the operational, historical, defunct or converted ones. This list includes mainly madrasa in the Western context, which refers to the specific type of religious school or college for the study of the Islamic religion and Islamic educations, though this may not be the only subject studied. It also includes sectarian or regional variants which have distinct characteristics and traditions, though serves the identical purposes as seminary, namely Hawza of Shi'a Islam, Nezamiyeh in the medieval Persia, Darul Uloom which has roots in South Asia, Qawmi in Bangladesh, pesantren in Indonesia, and pondok in Malaysia and Southern Thailand. This list does not include institutions which are not religious seminaries, but have an Islamic identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with Islamic culture and history, namely Islamic University.

List of Islamic seminaries

The listings are in alphabetical order by country.

Bangladesh

• Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa, Chittagong
• Quaderia Taiyebia Alia Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka
• Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur, Chittagong
• Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya, Chittagong
• Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, Chittagong
• Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar, Chittagong
• Al-Markazul Islami As-Salafi, Nawdapara
• Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, Bashundhara
• Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia, Chittagong
• Jamia Madania Angura Muhammadpur, Sylhet
• Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh, Dhaka
• Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka, Dhaka
• Jamia Shari'ah Malibag, Dhaka, Dhaka
• Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah, Sylhet
• Jamiah Islamiah Hussainia Gohorpur, Sylhet
• Jamiah Islamiah Yunusia Brahmanbaria, Brahmanbaria
• Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong
• Satpur Kamil Madrasah, Bishwanath, Sylhet.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Gazi Husrev Bey's Madrasa, Sarajevo
• Behram-Begova Medresa Tuzla, Tuzla
• Fakultet islamskih nauka Univerziteta u Sarajevu
• Faculty of Islamic Studies of the University of Sarajevo

Cyprus

• Great Madrasah, Nicosia

Egypt

• Al-Azhar Madrasa, Cairo
• Emir Qurqumas Complex, Cairo
• Madrasa of Jamal al-Din, Cairo
• Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad, Cairo
• Qalawun complex, Cairo
• Salihiyya Madrasa, Cairo
• Madrasa of Sarghatmish, Cairo
• Mosque and Khanqah of Shaykhu, Cairo
• Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex, Cairo
• Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, Cairo

India

• Jamia Salafia,Varanasi
• Darul Uloom Deoband, Deoband
• Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
• Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Surat
• Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
• Arusiyyah Madrasah, Tamil Nadu
• Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College, Tamil Nadu
• Coordination of Islamic Colleges
• Darul Uloom Banskandi, Cachar district, Assam
• Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
• Darul Uloom Mau ,Mau
• Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Mau
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
• Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
• Jamia Islamia Talimuddin
• Jamia Darussalam, Tamil Nadu
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad
• Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya, Kerala
• Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly
• Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur

Indonesia

• Pondok Pesantren Gading Mangu Perak Jombang, Jombang
• Pondok Pesantren Al Manshurin Metro Lampung, Metro
• Pondok Pesantren Millenium Alfina, Nganjuk
• Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta, Jakarta
• Pondok Pesantren Walibarokah Burengan Banjaran Kediri, Kediri
• Pondok Pesantren Waria Al-Fatah, Yogyakarta
• Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor, Ponorogo
• Pondok Ngruki, Sukoharjo
• Ma'had Al-Zaytun, Indramayu

Iran

• Qom Seminary, Qom
• Isfahan Seminary, Isfahan
• Sadr Madrasa, Isfahan
• Nimavar school, Isfahan
• Chaharbagh School, Isfahan
• Shahid Motahari University, Tehran

Iraq

• Mustansiriya Madrasah, Baghdad
• Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad, Baghdad
• Hawza of Najaf, Najaf

Mali

• Djinguereber Madrasa, Timbuktu
• Sidi Yahya Madrasa, Timbuktu
• Sankore Madrasah, Timbuktu

Morocco

• Al-Attarine Madrasa, Fes
• Ben Youssef Madrasa, Marrakesh
• Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes
• Bou Inania Madrasa, Meknes
• Al Quaraouiyine Madrasa, Fes

Pakistan

• Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi
• Jamia Naeemia Lahore
• Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad
• Jamia-tul-Madina
• Ashraf ul Madaris, Okara
• Ahsan-Ul-Uloom, Karachi
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Karachi
• Jamia Binoria, Karachi
• Jamia Faridia, Islamabad
• Jamia Hafsa, Islamabad
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Karachi
• Al-Kauthar Islamic University, Islamabad

Palestine

• Mahkamah Madrasa, Gaza City

Saudi Arabia

• Ghiyasia Madrasa, Mecca
• Ghiyasia Madrasa, Medina

Singapore

• Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah, Singapore
• Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah, Singapore
• Madrasah Al-Maarif Al-Islamiah, Singapore
• Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah, Singapore
• Madrasah Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah, Singapore
• Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah, Singapore

Spain

• Madrasah of Granada, Granada

Syria

• Al-Adiliyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Ahmadiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Fathiyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Firdaws Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Halawiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Kameliyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Nur al-Din Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Rukniyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Sahiba Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Salimiyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Sharafiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa, Damascus
• Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Turantaiyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Uthmaniyah Madrasa, Aleppo
• Al-Zahiriyah Library, Damascus
• Al-Zahiriyah Madrasa, Aleppo

Sudan

• Khalawi al-Ghubish, Berber
• Khalawi Hamishkoreib, Hamishkoreib

Tunisia

• Madrasa Al Habibia Al Kubra, Tunis
• Madrasa Al Habibia Al Sughra, Tunis
• Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Kubra, Tunis
• Madrasa Al Husseiniya Al Sughra, Tunis
• Madrasa Al Jassoussia, Tunis
• Madrasa Khaldounia, Tunis
• Madrasa Asfouria, Tunis
• Madrasa Andaloussiya, Tunis
• Madrasa Caid Mourad, Tunis
• Madrasa Ibn Tafargine, Tunis
• Madrasa Bir Lahjar, Tunis
• Madrasa El Jedid, Tunis
• Madrasa Ech Chamaiya, Tunis
• Madrasa El Achouria, Tunis
• Madrasa El Bachia, Tunis
• Madrasa El Bechiria, Tunis
• Madrasa El Kacemia, Tunis
• Madrasa El Maghribia, Tunis
• Madrasa El Mountaciriya, Tunis
• Madrasa El Mettichia, Tunis
• Madrasa El Tawfikia, Tunis
• Madrasa El Unqiya, Tunis
• Madrasa El Yusefiya, Tunis
• Madrasa Ennakhla, Tunis
• Madrasa Ez-Zitouna, Tunis
• Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis
• Madrasa Hamzia, Tunis
• Madrasa Mouradiyya, Tunis
• Madrasa Salhia, Tunis
• Madrasa Slimania, Tunis
• Madrasa Saheb Ettabaâ, Tunis
• Madrasa of Zawiya El Bokria, Tunis

Turkey

• Büyük Aga Medrese, Amasya
• Caferağa Medresseh, Istanbul
• Gök Medrese, Tokat
• Gök Medrese, Sivas
• Hatuniye Külliyesi, Tokat
• Hatuniye Medresesi, Karaman
• Ince Minaret Medrese, Konya
• Karatay Madrasa, Konya
• Kasımiye Medrese, Mardin
• Kubat Pasha Madrasa, Tarsus
• Medrese of Mehmet Şakir Paşa, Mustafapaşa
• Pervane Medrese, Sinop
• Sahn-ı Seman Medrese, Istanbul
• Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex, Seyitgazi
• Şifaiye Medrese, Sivas
• Sırçalı Medrese, Konya
• Yakutiye Medrese, Erzurum
• Vacidiye Medrese, Kütahya

United Kingdom

• Jamia Al-Karam
• Darul Uloom, Birmingham
• Darul Uloom, Bolton
• Darul Uloom, London
• Darul Uloom, Blackburn, Lancashire
• Darul Uloom, Bury
• Islamic Da'wah Academy, Leicester
• Jamea Al Kauthar, Lancaster
• Institute Of Islamic Education Dewsbury Darul Uloom

United States

• Darul Uloom Al-Madania, Buffalo
• Miftaah Institute, Detroit, Michigan
• Zaytuna College, California
• Institute of Knowledge, California
• Darus Salam, Illinois
• Darul Qasim, Illinois
• Al-Maqasid, Pennsylvania
• Qalam, Texas
• The Islamic Seminary of America, Texas
• Tayseer Seminary, Knoxville

Ukraine

• Zincirli Madrasa, Crimea

Uzbekistan

• Abulkasym Madrassah, Tashkent
• Dorut Tilavat, Bukhara
• Mir-i Arab Madrassah, Bukhara
• Sher-Dor Madrasah, Samarkand
• Tilya-Kori Madrasah, Samarkand
• Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand

Yemen

• Amiriya Madrasa, Rada
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim

Republic of Ireland

• Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

List of oldest Islamic seminaries

See also

• List of Islamic educational institutions
• List of Deobandi madrasas

References