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Diarrhea
While antibiotics are beneficial in certain types of acute diarrhea, they are usually not used except in specific situations. There are concerns that antibiotics may increase the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome in people infected with Escherichia coli O157:H7. In resource-poor countries, treatment with antibiotics ma...
What are bacteria doing that makes them not work as well?
{ "text": [ "some bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance" ], "answer_start": [ 346 ] }
572a5ec3fed8de19000d5bb1
Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
What are the origins of the word madrasa?
{ "text": [ "Arabic" ], "answer_start": [ 80 ] }
572a5ec3fed8de19000d5bb2
Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
What type of educational institution does the term madrasa refer?
{ "text": [ "any type" ], "answer_start": [ 96 ] }
572a5ec3fed8de19000d5bb3
Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
In Western culture, the term madrasa widely refers to the practices of what religion?
{ "text": [ "Islamic" ], "answer_start": [ 389 ] }
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Madrasa
Madrasa (Arabic: مدرسة‎, madrasah, pl. مدارس, madāris, Turkish: Medrese) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion). The word is variously transliterated madrasah, madarasaa, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, etc. In the West, the word usually refers to...
How many students enrolled in madaris are Muslim?
{ "text": [ "Not all" ], "answer_start": [ 456 ] }
572a5fbab8ce0319002e2aed
Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What are the root origins of the word madrasah?
{ "text": [ "triconsonantal Semitic" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
572a5fbab8ce0319002e2aee
Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What is the literal translation of madrasah?
{ "text": [ "a place where learning and studying take place" ], "answer_start": [ 225 ] }
572a5fbab8ce0319002e2aef
Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
In Arabic, what does madarasah mean?
{ "text": [ "same as school does in the English language" ], "answer_start": [ 554 ] }
572a5fbab8ce0319002e2af0
Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
During the Ottoman Empire, what types of schools were typical?
{ "text": [ "lower schools and specialised" ], "answer_start": [ 1062 ] }
572a5fbab8ce0319002e2af1
Madrasa
The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S 'to learn, study', through the wazn (form/stem) مفعل(ة)‎; mafʻal(ah), meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The word is also present as a loanword with th...
What were the students in madaris called?
{ "text": [ "danişmends" ], "answer_start": [ 1135 ] }
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Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is the English connotative understanding of the word madrash?
{ "text": [ "Islamic institutions" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
572a60cefed8de19000d5bce
Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is taught through a hifz class or set of classes?
{ "text": [ "memorization of the Qur'an" ], "answer_start": [ 181 ] }
572a60cefed8de19000d5bcf
Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is shariah?
{ "text": [ "Islamic law" ], "answer_start": [ 463 ] }
572a60cefed8de19000d5bd0
Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What is the discipline taught in mantiq courses?
{ "text": [ "logic" ], "answer_start": [ 535 ] }
572a60cefed8de19000d5bd1
Madrasa
However, in English, the term madrasah usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A typical Islamic school usually offers two courses of study: a ḥifẓ course teaching memorization of the Qur'an (the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ); and an ʻālim course leading the candidat...
What set of courses does someone need to take for preparation to be considered as a scholar?
{ "text": [ "ʻālim" ], "answer_start": [ 287 ] }
572a629e7a1753140016aef0
Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
What age groups are usually enrolled in madaris?
{ "text": [ "all ages" ], "answer_start": [ 10 ] }
572a629e7a1753140016aef1
Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
How long does someone have to be enrolled in alim courses to earn a certificate or graduate?
{ "text": [ "approximately twelve years" ], "answer_start": [ 137 ] }
572a629e7a1753140016aef2
Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
In what ways are madaris similar to western colleges?
{ "text": [ "people take evening classes and reside in dormitories" ], "answer_start": [ 311 ] }
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Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
Why do madaris extend enrollment to children of less fortunate circumstances?
{ "text": [ "provide them with education and training" ], "answer_start": [ 453 ] }
572a629e7a1753140016aef4
Madrasa
People of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams.[citation needed] The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study.[citation needed] A good number of the ḥuffāẓ (plural of ḥāfiẓ) are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people ta...
What is the format for co-education for women in madaris?
{ "text": [ "they study separately from the men" ], "answer_start": [ 540 ] }
572a637c7a1753140016af04
Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What is the meaning of Islamic education?
{ "text": [ "education in the light of Islam itself" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
572a637c7a1753140016af05
Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What book is the basis for education in Islamic traditions?
{ "text": [ "Quran" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
572a637c7a1753140016af06
Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What types of education greatly differs from Islamic education?
{ "text": [ "Muslim education" ], "answer_start": [ 167 ] }
572a637c7a1753140016af07
Madrasa
The term "Islamic education" means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same. Because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. For deta...
What is Islamic religion traditionally considered as far as theology is concerned?
{ "text": [ "monotheism" ], "answer_start": [ 300 ] }
572a64d4b8ce0319002e2b13
Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Where was the first madrasa located?
{ "text": [ "the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Who was the teacher at the first madrasa?
{ "text": [ "Hazrat Muhammad" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
Who was named as a teacher at the second madrasa, housed in a mosque?
{ "text": [ "Hazrat 'Ubada bin Samit" ], "answer_start": [ 335 ] }
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Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
What handwriting art form was taught in the early madaris?
{ "text": [ "calligraphy" ], "answer_start": [ 660 ] }
572a64d4b8ce0319002e2b17
Madrasa
The first institute of madrasa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher and the students were some of his followers.[citation needed] After Hijrah (migration) the madrasa of "Suffa" was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-...
What type of physical fitness activities were taught in the early madaris?
{ "text": [ "athletics and martial arts" ], "answer_start": [ 673 ] }
572a661dfed8de19000d5beb
Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
Which class of people founded the madaris during the medieval period?
{ "text": [ "ruling elite" ], "answer_start": [ 120 ] }
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Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
How were the madaris funded during the medieval period?
{ "text": [ "through a religious endowment" ], "answer_start": [ 149 ] }
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Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
What class of people inherited status during the Mamluk Period?
{ "text": [ "former slaves" ], "answer_start": [ 382 ] }
572a661dfed8de19000d5bee
Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
What allowed the ruling elite to maintain power during the Mamluk period?
{ "text": [ "Guaranteed positions within the new madaris" ], "answer_start": [ 476 ] }
572a661dfed8de19000d5bef
Madrasa
During the rule of the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties and their successor states in the medieval Middle East, many of the ruling elite founded madaris through a religious endowment known as the waqf. Not only was the madrasa a potent symbol of status but it was an effective means of transmitting wealth and status to thei...
In what city was the Mosque-Madrasah of Sultan Hasan?
{ "text": [ "Cairo" ], "answer_start": [ 634 ] }
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Madrasa
At the beginning of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, the reliance on courts initially confined sponsorship and scholarly activities to major centres. Within several centuries, the development of Muslim educational institutions such as the madrasah and masjid eventually introduced such activities to provincial towns and...
Who traditionally paid for scholars to study natural sciences?
{ "text": [ "royal courts" ], "answer_start": [ 800 ] }
572a6788fed8de19000d5bf6
Madrasa
At the beginning of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, the reliance on courts initially confined sponsorship and scholarly activities to major centres. Within several centuries, the development of Muslim educational institutions such as the madrasah and masjid eventually introduced such activities to provincial towns and...
What group of people had the highest literacy rates during the Middle Ages?
{ "text": [ "Caliphate" ], "answer_start": [ 843 ] }
572a6788fed8de19000d5bf7
Madrasa
At the beginning of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, the reliance on courts initially confined sponsorship and scholarly activities to major centres. Within several centuries, the development of Muslim educational institutions such as the madrasah and masjid eventually introduced such activities to provincial towns and...
What schools had the biggest impact on the rising literacy rates in the Caliphate?
{ "text": [ "maktab and madrasa institutions" ], "answer_start": [ 1043 ] }
572a6788fed8de19000d5bf8
Madrasa
At the beginning of the Caliphate or Islamic Empire, the reliance on courts initially confined sponsorship and scholarly activities to major centres. Within several centuries, the development of Muslim educational institutions such as the madrasah and masjid eventually introduced such activities to provincial towns and...
How long did it take for madaris to spread to smaller cities and towns?
{ "text": [ "several centuries" ], "answer_start": [ 157 ] }
572a69757a1753140016af18
Madrasa
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madaris (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to an endowed mosque. In the 11th century, the famous Persian Islamic philosopher and teacher Ibn Sīnā (known as Avicen...
When were the first recorded Islamic elementary schools?
{ "text": [ "10th century" ], "answer_start": [ 108 ] }
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Madrasa
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madaris (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to an endowed mosque. In the 11th century, the famous Persian Islamic philosopher and teacher Ibn Sīnā (known as Avicen...
What term refers to Islamic elementary schools?
{ "text": [ "maktab" ], "answer_start": [ 67 ] }
572a69757a1753140016af1a
Madrasa
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madaris (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to an endowed mosque. In the 11th century, the famous Persian Islamic philosopher and teacher Ibn Sīnā (known as Avicen...
Who wrote a training guide for Islamic maktab teachers?
{ "text": [ "Ibn Sīnā" ], "answer_start": [ 295 ] }
572a69757a1753140016af1b
Madrasa
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madaris (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to an endowed mosque. In the 11th century, the famous Persian Islamic philosopher and teacher Ibn Sīnā (known as Avicen...
What did Ibn Sina prefer over private tutors?
{ "text": [ "classes" ], "answer_start": [ 573 ] }
572a69757a1753140016af1c
Madrasa
In the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madaris (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to an endowed mosque. In the 11th century, the famous Persian Islamic philosopher and teacher Ibn Sīnā (known as Avicen...
How many component of education did Ibn Sina describe in their teachings?
{ "text": [ "two" ], "answer_start": [ 908 ] }
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Madrasa
Ibn Sīnā refers to the secondary education stage of maktab schooling as a period of specialisation when pupils should begin to acquire manual skills, regardless of their social status. He writes that children after the age of 14 should be allowed to choose and specialise in subjects they have an interest in, whether it...
What type of skills did Ibn Sina state children should learn in secondary education?
{ "text": [ "manual skills" ], "answer_start": [ 135 ] }
572a6ac17a1753140016af23
Madrasa
Ibn Sīnā refers to the secondary education stage of maktab schooling as a period of specialisation when pupils should begin to acquire manual skills, regardless of their social status. He writes that children after the age of 14 should be allowed to choose and specialise in subjects they have an interest in, whether it...
According to Ibn Sina, at what age should children choose a direction for their education?
{ "text": [ "14" ], "answer_start": [ 226 ] }
572a6ac17a1753140016af24
Madrasa
Ibn Sīnā refers to the secondary education stage of maktab schooling as a period of specialisation when pupils should begin to acquire manual skills, regardless of their social status. He writes that children after the age of 14 should be allowed to choose and specialise in subjects they have an interest in, whether it...
According to Ibn Sina, what is needed to support transition at the secondary stage of education?
{ "text": [ "flexibility" ], "answer_start": [ 591 ] }
572a6ac17a1753140016af25
Madrasa
Ibn Sīnā refers to the secondary education stage of maktab schooling as a period of specialisation when pupils should begin to acquire manual skills, regardless of their social status. He writes that children after the age of 14 should be allowed to choose and specialise in subjects they have an interest in, whether it...
What should secondary training provide a student in the secondary stage of school?
{ "text": [ "future career" ], "answer_start": [ 505 ] }
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Madrasa
During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ...
What discipline was studied in traditional madrasah?
{ "text": [ "religious sciences" ], "answer_start": [ 137 ] }
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Madrasa
During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ...
What was traditionally left out of the madrasah curriculum?
{ "text": [ "philosophy and the secular sciences" ], "answer_start": [ 165 ] }
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Madrasa
During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ...
Who decided the content that would be delivered in a particular madrasah?
{ "text": [ "its founder" ], "answer_start": [ 567 ] }
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Madrasa
During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ...
What is the most widely known madrasah?
{ "text": [ "al-Azhar University" ], "answer_start": [ 793 ] }
572a6bf8fed8de19000d5c07
Madrasa
During its formative period, the term madrasah referred to a higher education institution, whose curriculum initially included only the "religious sciences", whilst philosophy and the secular sciences were often excluded. The curriculum slowly began to diversify, with many later madaris teaching both the religious and ...
How many madaris have been founded in Cairo?
{ "text": [ "75" ], "answer_start": [ 871 ] }
572a6d8a7a1753140016af3c
Madrasa
Madaris were largely centred on the study of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The ijāzat al-tadrīs wa-al-iftāʼ ("licence to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic legal education system had its origins in the 9th century after the formation of the madhāhib (schools of jurisprudence). George Makdisi consi...
What term refers to Islamic law?
{ "text": [ "fiqh" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
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Madrasa
Madaris were largely centred on the study of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The ijāzat al-tadrīs wa-al-iftāʼ ("licence to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic legal education system had its origins in the 9th century after the formation of the madhāhib (schools of jurisprudence). George Makdisi consi...
When did Islamic law school begin?
{ "text": [ "9th century" ], "answer_start": [ 224 ] }
572a6d8a7a1753140016af3e
Madrasa
Madaris were largely centred on the study of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The ijāzat al-tadrīs wa-al-iftāʼ ("licence to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic legal education system had its origins in the 9th century after the formation of the madhāhib (schools of jurisprudence). George Makdisi consi...
How long did a student have to study law, in early Islamic law graduate schools, in order to graduate?
{ "text": [ "ten or more years" ], "answer_start": [ 825 ] }
572a6d8a7a1753140016af3f
Madrasa
Madaris were largely centred on the study of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The ijāzat al-tadrīs wa-al-iftāʼ ("licence to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic legal education system had its origins in the 9th century after the formation of the madhāhib (schools of jurisprudence). George Makdisi consi...
What traditional schooling has been considered modeled after the traditional Islamic graduate schools?
{ "text": [ "European doctorate" ], "answer_start": [ 360 ] }
572a6ea1d562191400bc86d1
Madrasa
The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. According to Makdisi, the Latin title licentia docendi 'licence to teach' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic, but the underlying concept was very different. A significant difference between th...
What did earning the ijazat al-tadris award students?
{ "text": [ "licence to teach" ], "answer_start": [ 150 ] }
572a6ea1d562191400bc86d2
Madrasa
The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. According to Makdisi, the Latin title licentia docendi 'licence to teach' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic, but the underlying concept was very different. A significant difference between th...
Who awarded a teaching license in Islamic schools?
{ "text": [ "individual scholar-teacher" ], "answer_start": [ 403 ] }
572a6ea1d562191400bc86d3
Madrasa
The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. According to Makdisi, the Latin title licentia docendi 'licence to teach' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic, but the underlying concept was very different. A significant difference between th...
Who awarded a teaching license in European schools?
{ "text": [ "chief official of the university" ], "answer_start": [ 467 ] }
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Madrasa
The Arabic term ijāzat al-tadrīs was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. According to Makdisi, the Latin title licentia docendi 'licence to teach' in the European university may have been a translation of the Arabic, but the underlying concept was very different. A significant difference between th...
What type of license is closely related to the ijazat al-tadris?
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Madrasa
Much of the study in the madrasah college centred on examining whether certain opinions of law were orthodox. This scholarly process of "determining orthodoxy began with a question which the Muslim layman, called in that capacity mustaftī, presented to a jurisconsult, called mufti, soliciting from him a response, calle...
What determination of the study of law was held to much debate?
{ "text": [ "whether certain opinions of law were orthodox" ], "answer_start": [ 63 ] }
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Madrasa
Much of the study in the madrasah college centred on examining whether certain opinions of law were orthodox. This scholarly process of "determining orthodoxy began with a question which the Muslim layman, called in that capacity mustaftī, presented to a jurisconsult, called mufti, soliciting from him a response, calle...
What is the Islamic term for issuing a legal opinion?
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Madrasa
Much of the study in the madrasah college centred on examining whether certain opinions of law were orthodox. This scholarly process of "determining orthodoxy began with a question which the Muslim layman, called in that capacity mustaftī, presented to a jurisconsult, called mufti, soliciting from him a response, calle...
What type of matters are covered through Islamic law?
{ "text": [ "civil as well as religious" ], "answer_start": [ 380 ] }
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Madrasa
Much of the study in the madrasah college centred on examining whether certain opinions of law were orthodox. This scholarly process of "determining orthodoxy began with a question which the Muslim layman, called in that capacity mustaftī, presented to a jurisconsult, called mufti, soliciting from him a response, calle...
What is ijtihad?
{ "text": [ "process of scholarly research" ], "answer_start": [ 581 ] }
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Madrasa
There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med...
When did some madaris become considered like traditional colleges?
{ "text": [ "10th century" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
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Madrasa
There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med...
What class of people founded both European universities and Islamic madaris
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Madrasa
There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med...
What was considered to be the underlying purpose of madaris?
{ "text": [ "further the rulers' agenda" ], "answer_start": [ 556 ] }
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Madrasa
There is disagreement whether madaris ever became universities. Scholars like Arnold H. Green and Seyyed Hossein Nasr have argued that starting in the 10th century, some medieval Islamic madaris indeed became universities. George Makdisi and others, however, argue that the European university has no parallel in the med...
Who argued that European universities and Islamic madaris have very little in common?
{ "text": [ "George Makdisi" ], "answer_start": [ 223 ] }
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Madrasa
al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez, Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree-granting university in the world, having been founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri. While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at all levels, the jāmiʻahs (such as al-Qarawīyīn and al-Azhar University) differed in the sen...
When was al-Qarawiyin University founded?
{ "text": [ "859" ], "answer_start": [ 151 ] }
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Madrasa
al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez, Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree-granting university in the world, having been founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri. While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at all levels, the jāmiʻahs (such as al-Qarawīyīn and al-Azhar University) differed in the sen...
Who founded al-Qarawiyin University?
{ "text": [ "Fatima al-Fihri" ], "answer_start": [ 158 ] }
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Madrasa
al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez, Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree-granting university in the world, having been founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri. While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at all levels, the jāmiʻahs (such as al-Qarawīyīn and al-Azhar University) differed in the sen...
What types of degrees were earned at al-Qarawiyin University?
{ "text": [ "all levels" ], "answer_start": [ 229 ] }
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Madrasa
al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez, Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree-granting university in the world, having been founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri. While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at all levels, the jāmiʻahs (such as al-Qarawīyīn and al-Azhar University) differed in the sen...
What religious buildings were housed inside al-Qarawiyin University?
{ "text": [ "mosques" ], "answer_start": [ 497 ] }
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Madrasa
al-Qarawīyīn University in Fez, Morocco is recognised by many historians as the oldest degree-granting university in the world, having been founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri. While the madrasa college could also issue degrees at all levels, the jāmiʻahs (such as al-Qarawīyīn and al-Azhar University) differed in the sen...
What types of teachers were at al-Qarawiyin University?
{ "text": [ "individual faculties for different subjects" ], "answer_start": [ 424 ] }
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Madrasa
Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975 by the Ismaʻīlī Shīʻī Fatimid dynasty as a jāmiʻah, had individual faculties for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy and logic in Islamic philosophy. The postgraduate doctorate in law was o...
When was Al-Azhar University founded?
{ "text": [ "975" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
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Madrasa
Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975 by the Ismaʻīlī Shīʻī Fatimid dynasty as a jāmiʻah, had individual faculties for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy and logic in Islamic philosophy. The postgraduate doctorate in law was o...
Where is Al-Azhar University located?
{ "text": [ "Cairo, Egypt" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
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Madrasa
Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975 by the Ismaʻīlī Shīʻī Fatimid dynasty as a jāmiʻah, had individual faculties for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy and logic in Islamic philosophy. The postgraduate doctorate in law was o...
What was required to earn a law degree at Al-Azhar University?
{ "text": [ "an oral examination" ], "answer_start": [ 340 ] }
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Madrasa
Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975 by the Ismaʻīlī Shīʻī Fatimid dynasty as a jāmiʻah, had individual faculties for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy and logic in Islamic philosophy. The postgraduate doctorate in law was o...
Who was an astronomy professor at Al-Azhar University?
{ "text": [ "Maimonides" ], "answer_start": [ 621 ] }
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Madrasa
Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975 by the Ismaʻīlī Shīʻī Fatimid dynasty as a jāmiʻah, had individual faculties for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy and logic in Islamic philosophy. The postgraduate doctorate in law was o...
What is Nizamiyah of Baghdad most known for?
{ "text": [ "largest university of the Medieval world" ], "answer_start": [ 805 ] }
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Madrasa
However, the classification of madaris as "universities" is disputed on the question of understanding of each institution on its own terms. In madaris, the ijāzahs were only issued in one field, the Islamic religious law of sharīʻah, and in no other field of learning. Other academic subjects, including the natural scie...
What field does the ijazah signify expertise in?
{ "text": [ "Islamic religious law of sharīʻah" ], "answer_start": [ 199 ] }
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Madrasa
However, the classification of madaris as "universities" is disputed on the question of understanding of each institution on its own terms. In madaris, the ijāzahs were only issued in one field, the Islamic religious law of sharīʻah, and in no other field of learning. Other academic subjects, including the natural scie...
What was the purpose of studying natural sciences in madaris?
{ "text": [ "supply religious needs" ], "answer_start": [ 495 ] }
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Madrasa
However, the classification of madaris as "universities" is disputed on the question of understanding of each institution on its own terms. In madaris, the ijāzahs were only issued in one field, the Islamic religious law of sharīʻah, and in no other field of learning. Other academic subjects, including the natural scie...
Who decided if a student earned a law degree in undergraduate madaris?
{ "text": [ "the teacher" ], "answer_start": [ 991 ] }
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Madrasa
However, the classification of madaris as "universities" is disputed on the question of understanding of each institution on its own terms. In madaris, the ijāzahs were only issued in one field, the Islamic religious law of sharīʻah, and in no other field of learning. Other academic subjects, including the natural scie...
What scientific discipline is still taught in modern madaris?
{ "text": [ "Ptolemaic astronomy" ], "answer_start": [ 557 ] }
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Madrasa
However, the classification of madaris as "universities" is disputed on the question of understanding of each institution on its own terms. In madaris, the ijāzahs were only issued in one field, the Islamic religious law of sharīʻah, and in no other field of learning. Other academic subjects, including the natural scie...
What is considered the most famous madrasa?
{ "text": [ "al-Azhar" ], "answer_start": [ 692 ] }
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Madrasa
Medievalist specialists who define the university as a legally autonomous corporation disagree with the term "university" for the Islamic madaris and jāmi‘ahs because the medieval university (from Latin universitas) was structurally different, being a legally autonomous corporation rather than a waqf institution like t...
What do scholars believe is missing from madaris that prevent them from being considered universities?
{ "text": [ "corporate element" ], "answer_start": [ 690 ] }
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Madrasa
Medievalist specialists who define the university as a legally autonomous corporation disagree with the term "university" for the Islamic madaris and jāmi‘ahs because the medieval university (from Latin universitas) was structurally different, being a legally autonomous corporation rather than a waqf institution like t...
What do scholars that specialize in the medieval period describe madaris as?
{ "text": [ "Islamic college" ], "answer_start": [ 418 ] }
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Madrasa
Medievalist specialists who define the university as a legally autonomous corporation disagree with the term "university" for the Islamic madaris and jāmi‘ahs because the medieval university (from Latin universitas) was structurally different, being a legally autonomous corporation rather than a waqf institution like t...
Who argues that madaris are not the same as traditional European universities?
{ "text": [ "Medievalist specialists" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
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Madrasa
Medievalist specialists who define the university as a legally autonomous corporation disagree with the term "university" for the Islamic madaris and jāmi‘ahs because the medieval university (from Latin universitas) was structurally different, being a legally autonomous corporation rather than a waqf institution like t...
What are two examples of waqfs?
{ "text": [ "madrasa and jāmiʻah" ], "answer_start": [ 323 ] }
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Madrasa
As Muslim institutions of higher learning, the madrasa had the legal designation of waqf. In central and eastern Islamic lands, the view that the madrasa, as a charitable endowment, will remain under the control of the donor (and their descendent), resulted in a "spurt" of establishment of madaris in the 11th and 12th ...
When did more madaris begin to form more rapidly?
{ "text": [ "11th and 12th centuries" ], "answer_start": [ 306 ] }
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Madrasa
As Muslim institutions of higher learning, the madrasa had the legal designation of waqf. In central and eastern Islamic lands, the view that the madrasa, as a charitable endowment, will remain under the control of the donor (and their descendent), resulted in a "spurt" of establishment of madaris in the 11th and 12th ...
Where are madaris considered less desirable?
{ "text": [ "Western Islamic lands" ], "answer_start": [ 343 ] }
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Madrasa
As Muslim institutions of higher learning, the madrasa had the legal designation of waqf. In central and eastern Islamic lands, the view that the madrasa, as a charitable endowment, will remain under the control of the donor (and their descendent), resulted in a "spurt" of establishment of madaris in the 11th and 12th ...
When did the al-Qarawiyin officially become a university?
{ "text": [ "1947" ], "answer_start": [ 943 ] }
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Madrasa
As Muslim institutions of higher learning, the madrasa had the legal designation of waqf. In central and eastern Islamic lands, the view that the madrasa, as a charitable endowment, will remain under the control of the donor (and their descendent), resulted in a "spurt" of establishment of madaris in the 11th and 12th ...
When the madaris are considered as a charity, who controls the school?
{ "text": [ "the donor" ], "answer_start": [ 215 ] }
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Madrasa
As Muslim institutions of higher learning, the madrasa had the legal designation of waqf. In central and eastern Islamic lands, the view that the madrasa, as a charitable endowment, will remain under the control of the donor (and their descendent), resulted in a "spurt" of establishment of madaris in the 11th and 12th ...
What disciplines were introduced at al-Azhar in 1961?
{ "text": [ "economics, engineering, medicine, and agriculture" ], "answer_start": [ 1178 ] }
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Madrasa
Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ...
What institutions have been considered to take some its ideas from madaris?
{ "text": [ "European university" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
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Madrasa
Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ...
What Eurpoean university practices are considered to be adapted from madaris?
{ "text": [ "degree and doctorate" ], "answer_start": [ 148 ] }
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Madrasa
Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ...
How many corollaries dd Makdisi make between Islamic language and European educational practices?
{ "text": [ "eighteen" ], "answer_start": [ 934 ] }
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Madrasa
Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ...
What freedom specifically did Makdisi believe European schools learned from Islamic traditions?
{ "text": [ "academic" ], "answer_start": [ 1294 ] }
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Madrasa
Nevertheless, Makdisi has asserted that the European university borrowed many of its features from the Islamic madrasa, including the concepts of a degree and doctorate. Makdisi and Hugh Goddard have also highlighted other terms and concepts now used in modern universities which most likely have Islamic origins, includ...
What clothing practice did Makdisi believe European schools learned from madaris?
{ "text": [ "wearing academic robes" ], "answer_start": [ 1205 ] }
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Madrasa
However, all of these facets of medieval university life are considered by standard scholarship to be independent medieval European developments with no tracable Islamic influence. Generally, some reviewers have pointed out the strong inclination of Makdisi of overstating his case by simply resting on "the accumulation...
What other religion was considered to share parallels in teaching styles with the Muslim faith?
{ "text": [ "Christian" ], "answer_start": [ 439 ] }
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Madrasa
However, all of these facets of medieval university life are considered by standard scholarship to be independent medieval European developments with no tracable Islamic influence. Generally, some reviewers have pointed out the strong inclination of Makdisi of overstating his case by simply resting on "the accumulation...
What was Makdisi accused of doing when evaluating the parallels between European and Islamic schools?
{ "text": [ "overstating his case" ], "answer_start": [ 261 ] }
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Madrasa
However, all of these facets of medieval university life are considered by standard scholarship to be independent medieval European developments with no tracable Islamic influence. Generally, some reviewers have pointed out the strong inclination of Makdisi of overstating his case by simply resting on "the accumulation...
What is the European version of fiqh?
{ "text": [ "civil law" ], "answer_start": [ 672 ] }