Type | Qawmi Madrasah |
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Established | 1938[1][2] |
Founder | Azizul Haq |
Chancellor | Allama Mufti Abu Taher Quasemi |
Academic staff | 160 |
Students | 5000 (total) |
Location | Patiya, Chittagong, Bangladesh 22°17′46″N 91°58′58″E / 22.2962°N 91.9829°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | jamiahislamiahpatiya |
Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية فتية, Bengali: আল জামিয়া আল ইসলামিয়া পটিয়া), better known simply as Patiya Madrasa (Bengali: পটিয়া মাদ্রাসা) and formerly known as Al-Madrasah Aḍ-Ḍamīriyyah Qāsim al-ʿUlūm (Arabic: المدرسة الضميرية قاسم العلوم, Bengali: জমিরিয়া কাসেমুল উলূম), is a Qawmi Madrasah located in Patiya Upazila of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It was established in 1938 by Azizul Haq under the direction of Zamiruddin Ahmad. It is also known as an International Islamic University.[3] It has a role in the promotion of Islam in Bangladesh, inclusion of Qawmi Madrasas under one syllabus, providing modern and higher education for scholars.