Madrass

I know that secular progressives throw around the term "madrass" when describing parochial schools, but there is a world of difference in the curriculum. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Being a host doesn't require much - many of the hosts are students and will provide a sofa in the living room or a madrass on the floor. ❋ Magnio (2009)

And when Senator Biden talked about the "7,000 madrasses built along the Pakistani-Afghan border", the queries ranged from madrass, madrases, madrasa, and even madras, a major city in India that's most definitely not on the Pakistani-Afghan border. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you picked up every young chap who went to a madrass in Pakistan, got devout etc. that would be a pretty large group. ❋ Rachel (2007)

Don't worry. my records are the one that'll be flipped, and I promise not to skim any funds to make donations to my cousin who runs the madrass in Uzbekistan. ❋ Rogers (2005)

For what it's worth, the passages about his time in an Indonesian madrass should end any controversy about his religious identity: Obama is not, nor has he ever been, a Muslim. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'd ordered a madrass, thinking I shouldn't take a chance on their vindaloo - I shouldn't have worried - the curry was milder than a korma (obviously they had few Brummie customers), I sent it back and I assume they simply stirred in a teaspoon or two of powder, zapped it for a minute in the microwave and sent it back out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, if the French state recognizes degrees from confessional schools run by Catholics, how could it refuse a similar form of recognition, or public funding, to an Islamic madrass? ❋ Unknown (2008)

We had met the same population as we went, with their palm-branches over their shoulders, spurring their horses up the steep bridle-path to the church, the white mantillas of the women streaming back in the wind, showing the roses in their straight black hair, (when it is not straight they wear the gay madrass,) the satin shoe and silk stocking of some, compelling observation, and the neatness and taste of all, secured admiration; and we had not ❋ Unknown (1842)

[Bai] [yuh] [wun] madrass.. ❋ GuYaNeSe StAr GyAL (2003)