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Ah, so SHE was responsible for my low GPA! Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

A. It was a mosque. It got converted later to a madrasa, so no, She didn't found an education center.

B. A madrasa Is the equivalent to a Christian seminary, not a full fledged university

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Plato's Academy definitely did not start as a mosque... So I guess you're refering to al-Qarawiyyin University.

    Islam did a much better job of incorporating science, so it's not really comparable to a seminary either. It's not like they only taught theology there. We owe a great deal to the science being done by Muslims in those days. A hell of a lot more happened there than in the Middle Ages in Europe.

    Besides, the university of Cambridge also started as a religious institution. I see no difference. All old universities have religious roots I guess? It took a long time for mankind to come up with secular education so why are the Islamic roots even a cause to question the validity of this university?

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