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.
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.
K.T. Mohammed Musliyar,who was known as K.T. Manu Musliyar was an Islamic scholar,orator,and writer and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board,which is one of the biggest educational organisation in Kerala. He also was a great leader of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.
E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar alias Sheikh Abubakr,known by followers as Shams-ul-Ulama,"the Sun of the Scholars",was a Shafi'i scholar,polyglot and yemani Sufi Scholar from Kerala,south India. He served as the General Secretary of the Samastha-Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama',the principal Sunni-Shafi'ite scholarly body in Kerala,from 1957 to 1996.
Sheikh Sayyid ˈAbdur-Rahmān al-Bukhāri,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.
Cherussery Zainudheen,(1937 - 2016) title Musliyar,known as Zain-ul Ulama, was an Islamic scholar from Kerala,southern India. He succeeded E.K. Aboobacker Musliyar as General Secretary for Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.
Anakkara C. Koyakutty Musliyar was a Sunni religious scholar from the state of Kerala,India. He was the 9th president of the EK faction of Samastha. He was elected after the death of former president Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar in October 2012. Musliyar died on 3 May 2016.
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.
Kutubi Muhammed Musliyar was a scholar from Kerala and advisor of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.
Kotta Abdul Khader Musliyar was the prominent Islamic scholar hailing from Mogral,Kasaragod,district of Indian state Kerala and an active member of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.
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.
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:
All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, or All India Muslim Scholars Association, is an organisation of Islamic scholars in India.
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.
Onam is an annual harvest and cultural festival celebrated mostly by the people of Kerala. A major annual event for Keralites,it is the official festival of the state and includes a spectrum of cultural events.
Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama also known as Samastha and EK 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. 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 A. P. 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.
