Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of AP Sunnis.
Jami'a Nooriyya is an Arabic College, or an educational institute of higher religious learning, the equivalent of south Indian madrasa, located at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 1963 by Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, it is the premier orthodox or traditionalist Sunni-Shafi'i institution for the training of the Islamic scholars in Kerala.
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF) is the student wing of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, scholarly body in Kerala. The largest Islamic students organization of India. The organisation is headquartered at Kozhikode.
Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal or Hyder Ali AlHusseini Ba Alvi(15 June 1947 – 6 March 2022) was a sayyid (thangal) community leader and religious scholar from Kerala, southern India who was the Kerala State President and Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League from 2009 to 2022. He was also the Vice President of the Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala.
Sheikh Sayyid ˈAbdur-Rahmān al-Bukhāri(1920 – 1 February 2014), also known as Ullal Thangal and honoured with the title Tājul Ulamālit. 'Crown Among the Clerics', was an Indian Islamic scholar. He was the President of Samastha, Jamia Sa-adiya Arabic College, Principal of the Sayyid Madani Arabic College, Ullal, and the Qazi of Ullal and several districts of Karnataka state.
Pangil Ahmed Kutty (1305– ?), title Musliyar, was an Islamic scholar from Pangu in Malabar District, Madras Presidency.
Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi, who played vital roles in the reformation process of the Kerala Muslims, was the scholar hailing from Kerala, the southern state of India. He had occupied crucial positions in Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the official organization of Sunni scholars in Kerala. He was renowned south Indian Shafi scholar who was student of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, founder of Sunni Barelvi movement.
Habib Abdurahman Bin Muhammad Ba-Alawi(1840 – 16 December 1932) also known as Sayyid Varakkal Mullakoya, was an Islamic scholar from Calicut in Malabar District, Madras Presidency.He was one of the descendants of Alawi Sayyids who migrated from Yemen.
K. Ali Kutty, title Musliyar, is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, southern India. As of 2022 he was General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern Kerala and as of 2014 he was Principal, Jami'ya Nooriya Arabic College, Perinthalmanna (2003–present) and President, Ponnani Maunathul Islam Arabic College.
The Sunni Students Federation (SSF) is an Islamic students' organisation in India. Originated in Kerala in 1973 under the patronage of Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar. It is affiliated to Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and Kerala Muslim Jamaath. SSF will hold the golden fifty National Conference at Mumbai on 2023 November 24, 25 and 26.
Sheikh Habib Muhammad bin Husayn Al-Jifri, also known as Syed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal is the current President, Samastha and he is an Islamic scholar, Teacher, religious leader and Qazi. He is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He serves as President, Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern Kerala. Thangal is the 11th president of the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama.
Musliyar is an honorific associated with South Indian, chiefly Malayali, scholars of Islam. Notable people with the surname include:
Suprabhaatham (സുപ്രഭാതം) is a Malayalam daily newspaper owned and published by Kozhikode Iqrau Publications from Kozhikode on behalf of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a Sunni organisation based in Kerala. The daily publishing from Kerala, India. It is the first Malayalam daily to be published with six editions. The word " Suprabhaatham" translates to literally "auspicious dawn". It is among the most read leading newspapers in Kerala. The newspaper has various editions from Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad in Kerala. It is headquartered at Francis Road, Kozhikode, Kerala
The Grand Mufti of India is the most senior and influential religious authority of the Sunni Muslim Community of India. The incumbent is Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, general secretary of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, who was conferred the title in February 2019 at the Gareeb Nawaz Peace Conference held at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, organised by the All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam.
Muhammed Abdul Hakkim Azhari د. محمد عبد الحكيم الكاندي is a Kerala scholar, educationalist and businessperson, and the Director of the Jamia Markaz. He is the General Secretary of the Samastha kerala Sunni Yuvjan Sangham SYS.and the Founder and Director of Jamia Madeenathunnoor, Poonoor.
Dakshina Kerala Jami-yyathul Ulama is the principal Sunni-Shafi'i and Hanafi scholarly body in southern Kerala. The council administers mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in southern Kerala districts of alappuzha, kottayam,idukki, pathanamthitta,kollam & trivandrum.
E Sulaiman Musliyar is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He is President of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala and he is the Principal of Ihyaussunna, Othukkungal, Malappuram. He is also known as Raeesul Ulama.
Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of EK Sunnis also known as Samastha and EK Samastha is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. The body administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in India. The Samasta Kerala Jamiyatul Ulama, popularly known as Samastha, is the Sunni scholarly organization with the highest support among Kerala Muslims. The formation of the Samasta was a response of these traditional ulama to the conditions of the post-1921 era, in which Kerala Muslim society in general witnessed a radical shift from the ladder of individual leadership to the ladder of organizations.
The 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala refers to the events organized in 2024 to commemorate the centennial of the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, The 2 year long Samasta Kerala Jamiatul Ulama 100th Anniversary Celebration was inaugurated on 28 January 2024 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India and will continue till 8 February 2026.
Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of AP Sunnis, also known as Samastha and AP Samastha, is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. The council administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in India. There are two organisations known as Samastha, one named after E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar and the other after Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, both of which emerged in 1989, due to organisational disagreement in Samastha.
