Madrassas
From Pakistan
The word is originally just the Arabic and traditional word for "school". And, as the Wikipedia article on the topic points out, not even the usual word for a university-level institution (the traditional word for that being "Jamia").
However, the "Madrassas of Pakistan" have been in the news lately. (See this blog entry, for example.)
Reproduced below is part of a list from a Wikipedia article. Please add information as we go along. We can move as much of the material as appropriate back to the Wikipedia later:
- Jam`iah Dar ul `Uloom, Korangi, Karachi
- Jam`iat ul `Uloom al Islamiyah, Allama Binori Town, Karachi. (The seminary itself is colloquially also known as "Binori Town".)
- Jam`iah Binoriyah, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
- Jam`iah Farooqiyah, Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi
- Darul Uloom Haqqaniyah, Akora Khatak
- Jam`iah Ashrafiyah, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
- Jami`ah Imdadiyah, Faisalabad
- Jam`iah Khayr ul Madaris, Multan
