List of Islamic educational institutions

Institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter include:University of Madinah

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Historical institutions in continuous operations

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

University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco, the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records.^[1]^[2]
Al-Azhar University, Cairo
Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia
University of Timbuktu
Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow

Seminaries

Colonial era

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

Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India^[3]

Post-colonial era

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

Darul Uloom Deoband India
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama India
Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, PAKISTAN
Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi, PAKISTAN
Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi, PAKISTAN
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi, PAKISTAN
Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
Umm al-Qura, Mecca
Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US
Jamiatur Raza , Bareilly India
Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah, Supaul

Non-seminaries

Colonial era

These are 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^[4]
Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi^[5]
Jamia Osmania
Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Post-colonial era

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