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A student or talib memorizes the Quran during a class at the Jamia Dar ul-Ulum Haqqania madrassa. Akhora Khatak, NWFP, Pakistan. 18 March 2001...A madrassa is an Islamic theology school. This particular madrassa has sometimes been called the "Oxford of Jihad" because many Taliban leaders studied here. Students at the time were recruited from the Afghan refugee camps around Peshawar, but also from abroad...The Haqqania was founded in 1947 by Maulana Abdul Haq, father of Samiul Haq, head of the madrassa at the time (he died in 2018). It offered an eight-year Master of Arts in Islamic Studies and a PhD after an additional two years of study. Funded by public donations, the madrassa is free. Students spent their vacations in Taliban training camps and on the frontline in Afghanistan. But a martyr's death might also be found on the Kashmir front.. (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Daniel Schwartz)