Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad | |
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![]() Musliyar receiving an Award by OIC Today, Malaysia | |
Grand Mufti of India | |
Assumed office 24 February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Akhtar Raza Khan |
Personal | |
Born | A. P. Aboobacker 22 March 1931 [1] [lower-alpha 1] |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Indian |
Home town | Kanthapuram,Kozhikode,India |
Spouse | Zainab |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi‘i |
Notable work(s) | Fatwa of Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad on ISIS |
Education | Musliyar Graduation Maulvi ‘Aalim |
Known for | First to issue Fatwa against the IS |
Other names | A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar |
Grand Mufti styles | |
Religious style | Mufti Azam-e-Hind,and Mufti al-Diyar al-Hindiyyah |
Organization | |
Founder of | Markaz [2] (current chancellor) |
Muslim leader | |
Literary works | See the list |
Website | Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad |
Honors | Listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims (2009–2020) |
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Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad [lower-alpha 2] [3] [4] (born 22 March 1931) [1] [lower-alpha 1] , is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. [5] [6] and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama (the Indian Muslim Scholars Association) and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of AP Sunnis.
Musliyar was chosen as the Grand Mufti of India by the All India Tanzeem Ulamae Islam in a programme conducted at Ramlila Maidan after the death of Grand Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan, following an illness on 20 July 2018. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The inauguration took place on Sunday, 24 February 2019. It set a record attendance for any event held in Ramlila Maidan. [13] [14]
After his election conducted several receptions in various countries including the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Malaysia and Indonesia especially at his birthplace in India, Kozhikode. The then Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly P. Sreeramakrishnan, Kerala Minister T. P. Ramakrishnan, Karnataka Ministers U. T. Khader and Rahim Khan, and A. Pradeepkumar member of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly, Kerala Haj Committee chairman C. Mohammed Faizi, Tamil Nadu Haj Committee chairman Haji Abdul Jabbar, Mayor of Kozhikode Thottathil Raveendran, Zamorin K. C. Unniyanujan Raja and Dr. M. G. S. Narayanan, politicians, religious and cultural leaders including from other Indian states participated in the civil reception. [15] [16]
Musliyar has conducted and attended many national and international conferences for peace and interfaith dialogue. [17] [18] [19]
He is the Chairman of the Sheikh Zayed International Peace Conference and was one of the speakers at the First World Tolerance Summit, conducted by the International Institute for Tolerance Dubai, UAE. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] The tagline of the second Sheikh Zayed International Peace Conference was "Renaissance of the World Through Peace". [26] In 2019 he attended Global Conference of Human Fraternity [27] [28] and met with Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church. [29] [30]
In 2014 he launched a campaign to plant 100,000 trees throughout India as part of preparations for the Sheikh Zayed International Peace Conference, held in New Delhi. [31]
Musliyar educated several scholars from different parts of India. [32] [33] He is involved with Markaz Knowledge City, Markaz Unani Medical College & Hospital, [34] and with higher education and research. [35] [36] He said in an interview with Khaleej Times that the "Education is key to peace". [37]
Musliyar has condemned Islamic extremism. He says that "Militant groups such as the Islamic State (IS) are trying to defame a religion that advocates peace and tolerance." [38] [39] In November 2015, he commented on gender equality, saying: "Gender equality is something which is never going to be a reality. It is against Islam, humanity and was intellectually wrong." [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] He said, "only woman can give birth." But some media misquoted him as saying women are capable only of childbirth. [45] [46]
Musliyar was the first to issue a fatwa against ISIS. [47] [48] Musliyar issued his Fatwa on ISIS on 27 August 2014 CE. This is the first fatwa—a nonbinding legal opinion in Islamic law—issued against ISIS according to Ashwani Kumar writing in Khaleej Times . [49] [50] The document, a copy of which is held in the United Arab Emirates National Archives, was a commission to all Indian Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama to raise awareness against terrorism. At the time of the fatwa, Abubakr did not hold the title of Grand Mufti since his election to the office came on 24 February 2019. He has also issued fatwas a second time against ISIS [51] and against other terrorist groups. [52]
Musliyar opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill [53] [54] and Citizenship Amendment Act, [55] [56] and he organised and attended in many protests against the act. [57] [58] [59] [60] Though he did not supported the hartal organised by SDPI [61] [62] [63] [64] and said the hartal is needless. [65] [66] [67] [68] He visited the family members of protesters killed in police firing at Mangalore to express his condolences. [69] He was widely criticized for his stand on protesting women against the CAA. He stated that "women shouldn’t hit streets against CAA, and shouldn't raise slogans or clench fists." [70] [71]
Musliyar appealed to the Islamic Community of India to welcome the Supreme Court verdict in the Babri Masjid dispute case before the verdict [72] [73] and accepted after. He said "We respect the Supreme Court. Everyone must strive for peace in India. [74] The victory or defeat over the Babri Masjid incident may be significant to every party, but the protection of India and its sovereignty is much more important." [75] [76] "Babri Masjid is a place of worship for Muslims, [77] but equally important is that all people live peacefully in India." [78]
He met both the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah, at their offices on 20 March 2020 and urged them to amend the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens to remove religion from the list of eligibility criteria for citizenship. [79]
In the late 1980 Musliyar was a leader of the Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema together with E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar but due to personality differences chose to split off a group which came to be known as the AP Faction; the residual group becoming referred to as the EK Faction. [80]
Both factions, which are pre-dominately based in Kerala, have set up a set of broadly parallel organisations at both All India and state level, with Musliyar dominant in those of the AP Faction.
In January 2018 committees were formed to re-unite the factions with the objective of re-uniting the groups to achieve an improved political influence. [80] As of June 2020 [update] there has been no merger.
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: CS1 maint: others (link).Education is the most powerful weapon in the fight against terrorism and also the best medicine against all social ills, feels Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed, religious Muslim leader in India who is also the first scholar to issue a fatwa against the terror group Daesh.