Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
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Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama (S. K. J. U.) is the religious organisation of E. K. Sunni
faction Muslim
scholars and clerics of the India
n state of Kerala
. E. K. Sunni
( ഇ. കെ. സുന്നി) is one of the powerful traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala belonging to Sunni-Shafi school of law. It is largest Muslim (Mappila) faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and was named after the cleric E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
, the former leader of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama. Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama's supreme body and the working committee is called the Mushawara.Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar
and Cherussery Sainudheen Musliyar
are the current President and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama respectively.
The original Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed in 1926 at Kozhikkode, under Sayd Ba'alavi Varakkal Mullakkoya Thangal, to resist the emerging Salafi organizations. In 1989, an internal conflict divided the organisation into two, as scholars under Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar came out to form the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (Kanthapuram). This split resulted in the formation of two factions of Sunni Muslims in Kerala
, E. K. Sunni
s under E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
and A. P. Sunni
s under Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar. Both political as well as philosophical grounds were raised as a reason for the split which is still a matter of disagreement among the factions.
at Pattikkad and Darul Huda Islamic Academy
at Chemmad
, both in Malappuram district, are amongst them. Co-Ordination of Islamic Colleges (C. I. C.) is the coordination of more than thirty Islamic Colleges which works under Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama. Most of these institutions educate the students in religious and material fields of education while a few concentrates only in religious subjects. Some of them are;
1. Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College
, Pattikkad
2. Darussalam Arabic College, Nandi
3. Darul Huda Islamic Academy
, Chemmad
4. Rahmaniya Arabic College, Katameri
5. Anvariyya Arabic College, Pottachira
6. Malabar Islamic Complex Chattanchal, Kasaragod
7. Markasutharbiyathul Islmiyya Valanchery, Malappuram
8. M. E. A Engineering College Perinthalmanna, Malappuram
9. Darunnajaath Islamic Center Karuvarakkund, Malappuram
They are: Samastha Kerala Sunni Youth Movement (SKSYS -for the youth), Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation
(SKSSF -for higher students), samastha kerala sunni bala veedi(SKSBV -for children)), Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Muallimeen (SKJM -for religious school teachers), Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (Coordination of more than 9,000 Madrassa's)
Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (known as Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board) runs a primary religious education programme that has more than nine thousand Madrasas under it.
E. K. Sunni
E. K. Sunni is one of the powerful traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala, South India under the Chelari Samastha. They belong to Sunni-Shafi school of law. It is largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and was named after the cleric E.K...
faction Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
scholars and clerics of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. E. K. Sunni
E. K. Sunni
E. K. Sunni is one of the powerful traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala, South India under the Chelari Samastha. They belong to Sunni-Shafi school of law. It is largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and was named after the cleric E.K...
( ഇ. കെ. സുന്നി) is one of the powerful traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala belonging to Sunni-Shafi school of law. It is largest Muslim (Mappila) faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and was named after the cleric E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
E.K. Aboobacker Musliar was a Sunni Muslim scholar and religious leader from Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikkode, Kerala state, South India. E. K. Sunni, the largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers, is named after E.K...
, the former leader of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama. Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama's supreme body and the working committee is called the Mushawara.Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar
Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar
Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar is a Sunni Muslim religious scholar from Kerala state, South India. He is the current President of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the religious organisation of E. K. Sunni faction Muslim scholars and clerics....
and Cherussery Sainudheen Musliyar
Cherussery Sainudheen Musliyar
Cherussery Zainudheen Musliyar is a Sunni Muslim religious scholar from the Indian state of Kerala. He is the current General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the religious organisation of E. K. Sunni faction Muslim scholars and clerics. Called as the Shining Scholar by followers he...
are the current President and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama respectively.
The original Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed in 1926 at Kozhikkode, under Sayd Ba'alavi Varakkal Mullakkoya Thangal, to resist the emerging Salafi organizations. In 1989, an internal conflict divided the organisation into two, as scholars under Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar came out to form the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (Kanthapuram). This split resulted in the formation of two factions of Sunni Muslims in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, E. K. Sunni
E. K. Sunni
E. K. Sunni is one of the powerful traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala, South India under the Chelari Samastha. They belong to Sunni-Shafi school of law. It is largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and was named after the cleric E.K...
s under E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
E.K. Aboobacker Musliar
E.K. Aboobacker Musliar was a Sunni Muslim scholar and religious leader from Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikkode, Kerala state, South India. E. K. Sunni, the largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers, is named after E.K...
and A. P. Sunni
A. P. Sunni
A. P. Sunni is one of the powerful and influential traditional Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala, South India under the Karanthur Markaz. They belong to the Sunni-Shafi branch of Islam. It was named after the cleric Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar, general secretary of All-India Jamiyyathul...
s under Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar. Both political as well as philosophical grounds were raised as a reason for the split which is still a matter of disagreement among the factions.
Educational activities
Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama owns one of the prime higher learning centers of Islamic theology in Kerala. Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic CollegeJami'a Nooriyya Arabic College
Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College is a religious higher educational institute of Sunni Muslims of Kerala, India, founded by Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani. It is situated at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district of Kerala. The institute is running under Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul...
at Pattikkad and Darul Huda Islamic Academy
Darul Huda Islamic Academy
Darul Huda Islamic University is the only one Islamic University situated on the banks of the River Kadalundy, located at Hidaya Nagar, Chemmad, Tirurangadi taluk in Malappuram, Kerala, India spreading over of land with calm and serene surroundings. The Foundation stone was laid on 25 December...
at Chemmad
Chemmad
Chemmad is a fast-growing small town in Malappuram district, Kerala, India.The town is located east of the Parappanangadi Railway station. The Tirurangadi police station, Taluk Hospital, telephone exchange, road transport, and Tirurangadi Taluk offices are all located within Chemmad...
, both in Malappuram district, are amongst them. Co-Ordination of Islamic Colleges (C. I. C.) is the coordination of more than thirty Islamic Colleges which works under Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama. Most of these institutions educate the students in religious and material fields of education while a few concentrates only in religious subjects. Some of them are;
1. Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College
Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College
Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College is a religious higher educational institute of Sunni Muslims of Kerala, India, founded by Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani. It is situated at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district of Kerala. The institute is running under Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul...
, Pattikkad
2. Darussalam Arabic College, Nandi
3. Darul Huda Islamic Academy
Darul Huda Islamic Academy
Darul Huda Islamic University is the only one Islamic University situated on the banks of the River Kadalundy, located at Hidaya Nagar, Chemmad, Tirurangadi taluk in Malappuram, Kerala, India spreading over of land with calm and serene surroundings. The Foundation stone was laid on 25 December...
, Chemmad
4. Rahmaniya Arabic College, Katameri
5. Anvariyya Arabic College, Pottachira
6. Malabar Islamic Complex Chattanchal, Kasaragod
7. Markasutharbiyathul Islmiyya Valanchery, Malappuram
8. M. E. A Engineering College Perinthalmanna, Malappuram
MEA Engineering College, Perinthalmanna
The MEA Engineering College, the second self-financing Engineering College in Malappuram district, is located in Nellikkunnu, near Perinthalmanna, a city on the Perinthalmanna- Melattur Road. It is a venture of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama; a Muslim educational organisation. This is its...
9. Darunnajaath Islamic Center Karuvarakkund, Malappuram
Presidents of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
From the split of Sunnis of Kerala in 1989, as A. P.s and E. K.s- Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1989–1993)
- K.K.Abubacker Hazrath (1993–1995)
- Sayyid Abdurrehman Imbichikoya thangal-al-azhari (1995–2004)
- Kalambadi Muhammad MusliyarKalambadi Muhammad MusliyarKalambadi Muhammad Musliyar is a Sunni Muslim religious scholar from Kerala state, South India. He is the current President of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the religious organisation of E. K. Sunni faction Muslim scholars and clerics....
(2004–present)
Other scholars
- E.K. Aboobacker MusliarE.K. Aboobacker MusliarE.K. Aboobacker Musliar was a Sunni Muslim scholar and religious leader from Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikkode, Kerala state, South India. E. K. Sunni, the largest Muslim faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers, is named after E.K...
- Sayyed Abdur Rahman Bafaqi Thangal
- Sayyed P. M. S. A. Pookkoya Thangal
- K.T.Manu MusliarKT Manu MusliarK.T. Mohammed Musliyar, who was known as K.T. Manu Musliyar was an islamic scholar and general secretary of Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board, which is the biggest organisation for giving islamic education to Muslim children of Kerala, of the E. K. Sunni faction. He also was a great...
- Cherussery Sainudheen MusliyarCherussery Sainudheen MusliyarCherussery Zainudheen Musliyar is a Sunni Muslim religious scholar from the Indian state of Kerala. He is the current General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the religious organisation of E. K. Sunni faction Muslim scholars and clerics. Called as the Shining Scholar by followers he...
- Bahauddeen Muhammed NadwiBahauddeen Muhammed NadwiDr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi is a Sunni Muslim religious scholar and a Prominent Islamic Educationist from the Indian state of Kerala. He is the Vice Chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University. He is regarded as the Intellectual Founding Father of DHIU...
- Thangals from Panakkad
Sub Organizations
EK Sunnis have separate feeder organizations for each layer of the society.They are: Samastha Kerala Sunni Youth Movement (SKSYS -for the youth), Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation, known as S. K. S. S. F., is the higher students organisation of the Muslim faction of E. K. Sunnis in Kerala state, India formed on February 19, 1989, after the split of Sunnis. Onampilly Muhammad Faizy is the current General Secretary and Sayyid Abbasali...
(SKSSF -for higher students), samastha kerala sunni bala veedi(SKSBV -for children)), Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Muallimeen (SKJM -for religious school teachers), Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (Coordination of more than 9,000 Madrassa's)
Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (known as Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board) runs a primary religious education programme that has more than nine thousand Madrasas under it.