MSB Educational Institute (also known as Al Madrasa Tus Saifiya Tul Burhaniyah) is an

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educational institute headquartered in India. It was founded by Mohammed Burhanuddin II in 1985, with its first two branches in

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and

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. It is accredited with the ICSE and

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educational boards and is operated under the purview of the office of the

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of the

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. The institute has branches in 25 cities in 7 countries across

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, and the

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History

Islamic prophet

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made it equally incumbent, upon every Muslim man and woman, to pursue knowledge. In the Dawoodi Bohras community, both religious and secular education is highly valued. The community has a very high rate of literacy and there is no disparity between the opportunities to learn between boys or girls. As part of this philosophy, MSB Educational Institute teaches an integrated syllabus of sciences, humanities, languages, and theological subjects with equal numbers of girls and boys. In 2017,

Mufaddal Saifuddin Mufaddal Saifuddin () is the spiritual leader and 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of one million Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup of the Tayyibi, Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. He is the second son of the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq, Mohammed Burhanuddin, w ...

inaugurated the MSB branch in

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, which is largest MSB branch in the world at 1600 students.

Campuses

As of 2022, there are 24 branches of MSB worldwide with 12,013 students.

References

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