List of Muslim educational institutions

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

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

[edit]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/)
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi (http://jmi.nic.in/)
• Jamia Osmania
• Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

[edit]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)
• Darul Uloom, Deoband, (http://www.darululoom-deoband.com)
• Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow (http://www.nadwatululama.org/)

[edit]Post-colonial seminaries (usually "Madarassah"s)

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

• Ahsan ul uloom, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi. (The seminary itself is colloquially also known as "Binori Town".)
• Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
• Jamia Ashrafia, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
• Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris, Multan
• Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah
• Umm al-Qura, Makkah
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, USA (http://www.zaytuna.org/)
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen (http://www.daralmustafa.org/)

[edit]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:

[edit]Pakistan

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

[edit]Saudi Arabia

• Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

[edit]Malaysia

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

[edit]UAE

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

[edit]Syria

• Damascus University, Faculty of Shari'a.

[edit]Kuwait

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

[edit]Jordan

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

[edit]Sudan

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

[edit]Bangladesh

• Islamic University
• International Islamic University, Chittagong

[edit]Palestine

• Islamic University of Gaza

[edit]Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

[edit]Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana