Wifaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh (, ) is the largest

Qawmi madrasa Qawmi Madrasah (, ) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not regulated by the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board. As private charitable organizations, Qawmi madr ...

education board in Bangladesh. it was founded in April 1978 after a seminar of Islamic scholars. This organization of

Qawmi Qawmi Madrasah (, ) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not regulated by the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board. As private charitable organizations, Qawmi madra ...

Madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...

s of Bangladesh is also known as the "Wifaqul Madaris" (also transliterated as Wifaqul ul Madaris). It is an extension of the process that formed the Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan in 1957. "Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board" is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in

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. Qawmi educational system practices originate from the traditional

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educational system of Bangladesh. At present, there are more than 65,000 Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh. As of 2013, more than 20,000 Seminaries across Bangladesh are affiliated with "Befaqul Madaris". It controls all the seminaries which are run by

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School of thought. Deobandi School of thought is supposed to be the most powerful and dominated school of thought in Bangladesh.

Objectives and functions

The board was founded to assure a standardized curriculum and to provide centralized examination. Membership with the board is voluntary, though required for degree accreditation by the Befaqul Madaris. The main functions of the federation are: registration of

s, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.

Notable institutions

The following are some of the notable Qawmi Madrasahs in

: * Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri *

Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām (), popularly known as the Hāṭhazārī Madrasah () or the Great Madrasah (), is a Qawmi institution of Hathazari, located in Bangladesh's Chittagong District. Established in 1901, it ...

Befaqul Madarisil Qawmia Gawhardanga Bangladesh
* Al-Jamiatul Arabia Haildhar Madrasa *

Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah Jamia Tawakkulia Renga (), or simply Renga Madrasah (), is a madrasah located in the village of Renga, near Mogla Bazar, in South Surma Upazila, about south of Sylhet, Bangladesh, along the Sylhet to Moulvibazar Highway. History The madrasa wa ...

Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar (), popularly known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa (), is a Qawmi madrasah situated in the Lalkhan Bazar area of port city Chittagong. History The jamia is founded by Mufti Izharul Islam, founding leader of ...

- also known as ''Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah'' *

Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh Al-Jāmiʿah al-Qurʼāniyyah al-ʿArabiyyah Lālbāgh (), better known simply as Lalbagh Madrasah (), is a Qawmi madrasa providing higher Islamic studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh It has seven education sections from kindergarten to post-graduate lev ...

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya (, ), better known simply as Patiya Madrasa () and formerly known as Al-Madrasah Aḍ-Ḍamīriyyah Qāsim al-ʿUlūm (, ), is a Qawmi Madrasah located in Patiya Upazila of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It ...

* Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh, Dhaka * Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka *

Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia Jāmiʿah Dārul Maʿārif al-Islāmiah (, ), popularly known as Darul Marif, is a Qawmi jamiah situated at Bahaddarhat, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Sultan Zauq Nadvi is the founder director of the jamiah. Academics Jamia Darul Ma'arif offers the ...

Objectives and functions

Notable institutions

See also

References

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