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Ah, so SHE was responsible for my low GPA!
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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
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?