Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College

Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College
Type	Arabic College
Established	1963
Religious affiliation	Sunni-Shafi'i Law
Principal	K. Ali Kutty Musliyar
Location	Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district , Kerala, India; 11°00′59″N76°13′42″E / 11.0164°N 76.2284°E
Language	Arabic; English; Malayalam;
Website	www.jamianooriya.org

Last updated May 22, 2023

Jami'a Nooriyya is an Arabic College, or an educational institute of higher religious learning, the equivalent of north Indian madrasa, located at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 1963 by Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', it is the premier orthodox or traditionalist Sunni-Shafi'i institution for the training of the Islamic scholars in Kerala.^[1]

Jami'a Nooriyya is managed by Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala. The institute carries forward the old Ponnani tradition of scholar training.^[2] The Nizami curriculum used at Jami'a Nooriyya is a modified version of the syllabus utilized at the al-Baqiyyat-us-Salihat College at Vellore (with Shafi'i Law for Hanafi Law).^[1]

Jami'a Nooriyya celebrates its anniversary in February–March of every year.^[3]

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References

1 2 Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. State University of New York Press. pp. 89–90.
↑ Miller, Roland E. (1991). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 461–62.
↑ "Jamiya Nooriyya Anniversary Fete". The Hindu. 24 February 2006.

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[:1-1] 1 2 Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. State University of New York Press. pp. 89–90.

[2] Miller, Roland E. (1991). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 461–62.

[3] "Jamiya Nooriyya Anniversary Fete". The Hindu. 24 February 2006.

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