Madrasas did not exist in the Muslim world until centuries later than commonly claimed

Evidence

But there were no madrasas in the Muslim world in the eighth century. The institution spread slowly from the East in later centuries. The first Egyptian madrasas were founded in the late twelfth century and the first Moroccan ones were founded in the fourteenth century. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 596

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to debates about Islamic influence on Western institutions like the university; echoes the madrasa-origin ‘myth’ critique familiar from scholarly disputes about knowledge transfer.

Related

• The madrasa originated as counterpropaganda against Ismaili and Fatimid influence. (similarity 0.83)
• The first European universities were founded on Arabic translations of classical knowledge (similarity 0.78)