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The University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين, romanized: Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic ...
1 University of Al-Karaouine: Located in Fes, Morocco, this university originally was a mosque founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, a woman. It developed into one of the leading universities for natural sciences.
In 1963 the University of Al-Qarawiyyin was reorganized as a state university, [71] while a new public university, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, was founded in 1975 in the Ville Nouvelle. [72] In 1981, the old city, consisting of Fes el-Bali and Fes Jdid, was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [73]
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There is no Lex Al-Karaouinensis in the guidelines which warrants an exception. On this basis alone Al-Karaouine has to be removed from the lead. The reality is the university of Al-Karaouine was founded as late as 1963. I have provided reliable, neutral sources stating this below.
The Madrasa of Al-Karaouine, founded in 859, cannot be older than the oldest European medieval universities, because it was established as a a madrasa, not as a university, and it remained a madrasa until 1947. In fact, it was established two centuries even before the first universities arose.
Founded in Fes, University of Al-Karaouine in the 9th century and in Cairo, Al-Azhar University in the 10th century, and in Mali, the University of Timbuktu in about 1100. Mustansiriya Madrasah in Baghdad, Iraq was established in 1227 as a madrasah by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir. Its library had an initial collection of 80,000 volumes ...
The University of Al Karaouine is founded in Fes (modern Morocco), by Fatima al-Fihri (recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest university in the world). China [ edit ]