E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar

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E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
Born1914
Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Died19 August 1996
Nationality Indian
OccupationCommunity Leader

E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar, known by followers as Shams-ul-Ulama, "the Sun of the Scholars", was a Shafi'i scholar and community leader from Kerala, south India. [1] He served as the General Secretary of the All-Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala, from 1957 to 1996. [2]

Ezhuthachan Kandi Aboobacker was born in 1914, to E. K. Koya Kutty and Adiyottil Fathima, at Parambilkadavu, near the city of Kozhikode. [2] After the initial education from a number of Kerala-based scholars, he joined the al-Bakiyat-us-Salihat College at Vellore for higher studies. [2]

He later served as the principal of Jamia Nuriya Arabic College, Pattikkad. [2]

E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar died on 19 August 1996. [2]

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References

  1. Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. SUNY Press. pp. 101–103. ISBN   978-1-4384-5601-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vazhakkad, Salih (23 February 2017). "Kanniyath Ahmad Musliyar and Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar". Suprabhaatham. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.