Islamic schools

alt=|thumb|upright=1.25|The three madrasas at the Registan of [[Samarkand, built during the Timurid Renaissance]]

A madhhab (, , pl. , ) refers to any school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence. The major Sunni madhhab are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali. They emerged in the ninth and tenth centuries CE and by the twelfth century almost all Islamic jurists aligned themselves with a particular madhhab. These four schools recognize each other's validity and they have interacted in legal debate over the centuries. Rulings (Fatwa) of these schools are followed across the Muslim world without exclusive regional restrictions, but they each came to dominate in different parts of the world.

a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood

thumb|Interior of a 19th-century kuttab in Cairo, Egypt A kuttab ( kuttāb, plural: kataatiib, ) or maktab () is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the kuttab was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies, such as memorizing and reciting the Qur'an (including ''Qira'at''), other practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught. The kuttāb represents an old-fashioned method of education in Muslim majority countries, in which a sheikh teaches a group of students who sit in front of him on the ground. Until the 20th centur

A Nizamiyya ( , from Arabic , short for , ) was a type of institution of higher education established by Nizam al-Mulk in the 11th century across regions of the Seljuk Empire (corresponding to greater Iranian cultural and political influence). The word Nizamiyya derives from Nizam al-Mulk's name. These Sunni theological schools are considered to have been models for later Islamic universities, or schools.

Shiite seminary in Iran

alt=|thumb|A Quranic school in Java during the Dutch East Indies|Dutch colonial period

thumb|Wooden boards on which talibe children learn [[Quranic verses]] Daara is the title used in Senegal to designate the traditional Quranic schools that have ensured for centuries that Islamic education was well spread out in all segments of population in the West African countries.

thumb|Wayang Kulit|Wayang figure of Kyai Maja, a Javanese religious leader and follower of [[Prince Diponegoro in his rebellion against the Dutch in Java War.]]

Islamic seminary or educational institution

Almajiranci () refers to a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria, the male gender seeking Islam knowledge is called Almajiri, female gender is Almajira, and the plural is Almajirai . The system encourages parents to leave parental responsibilities to the attached Islamic school. The Hausa word Almajiri is derived from the Arabic word, '''' "al-Muhājir," which refers to a person who migrates'' from his home in search of Islamic knowledge.

university in Tehran, Iran