The School
Supporting the Deobandi School of thought, Madrasah Islamiah is known for being the largest Islamic school in Houston. It focuses mostly on Hifz, or the memorization of the Holy Quran, along with classes of Islamic studies and Arabic/Urdu linguistic studies. It has three hifz programs, a full-time boys program, which the teachers are Qari Hashim and Qari Awwal, a full-time girls program, and a part-time boys program. The full-time program operates six days a week, from Fajr (around 5 - 6 AM) to Isha (about 8-10 PM). The majority of the Madrasah Islamiah graduates are from the full-time program. The part-time program allows kids to continue their education at a public school and attend madrasah classes from Maghrib to Isha. However, these students tend to take longer in their hifz and tend to have to rely on themselves for their previous revision.
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