{"id":640,"date":"2025-01-02T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/?p=640"},"modified":"2025-10-21T03:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:01:42","slug":"difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sri KDU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1368\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"912\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"badjie_masuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"badjie_masuk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"badjie_masuk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/81305d1527a14a0adac9fc6b2e9953a4\"},\"headline\":\"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\"},\"wordCount\":11,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"featured\",\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\",\"name\":\"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg\",\"width\":1368,\"height\":912},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/\",\"name\":\"Sri KDU\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sri KDU\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SriKDUSchools-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SriKDUSchools-logo.svg\",\"width\":133,\"height\":56,\"caption\":\"Sri KDU\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/81305d1527a14a0adac9fc6b2e9953a4\",\"name\":\"badjie_masuk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-MY\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/861927085a125bdb7472056735b8941f02a89003e845eb610403c4ad09edcfb8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/861927085a125bdb7472056735b8941f02a89003e845eb610403c4ad09edcfb8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"badjie_masuk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/author\/badjie_masuk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?","description":"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?","og_description":"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.","og_url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/","og_site_name":"Sri KDU","article_published_time":"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1368,"height":912,"url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"badjie_masuk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"badjie_masuk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/"},"author":{"name":"badjie_masuk","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/81305d1527a14a0adac9fc6b2e9953a4"},"headline":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?","datePublished":"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/"},"wordCount":11,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg","articleSection":["featured","news"],"inLanguage":"en-MY","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/","url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/","name":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-02T06:44:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-21T03:01:42+00:00","description":"Discover Sri KDU\u2019s KAFA programme that bridges tradition and contemporary learning. Known as the Arabic and Islamic Studies Programme, it\u2019s an optional afterschool programme open to all Muslim students that nurtures hearts and minds.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-MY","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-MY","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3325-1.jpg","width":1368,"height":912},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/2025\/01\/02\/difference-between-a-kafa-and-an-islamic-school\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is the Difference Between a KAFA and an Islamic School?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/","name":"Sri KDU","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-MY"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#organization","name":"Sri KDU","url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-MY","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SriKDUSchools-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SriKDUSchools-logo.svg","width":133,"height":56,"caption":"Sri KDU"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/81305d1527a14a0adac9fc6b2e9953a4","name":"badjie_masuk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-MY","@id":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/861927085a125bdb7472056735b8941f02a89003e845eb610403c4ad09edcfb8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/861927085a125bdb7472056735b8941f02a89003e845eb610403c4ad09edcfb8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"badjie_masuk"},"url":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/author\/badjie_masuk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srikdu.edu.my\/homepage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}