Musliyar is an honorific associated with South Indian, chiefly Malayali, scholars of Islam. Notable people with the surname include:
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama.
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation, also known as SKSSF abbreviated as the S.K.S.S.F, is the student wing of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, the principal Sunni-Barelvi scholarly body in Kerala. The largest Islamic students organization of India. The organisation is headquartered at Kozhikode.
Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal 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.
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.
The Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, 1926, was the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in northern Kerala. Most of the ordinary Sunnis of Kerala, adhering to Shafi'i Law, largely followed the Ulama. A forty-member 'mushawara' was the high command body of the Sunni council. The council administered thousands of Shafi'ite mosques, madrasas and Arabic Colleges.
Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar was a Sunni Muslim religious scholar from Kerala state and president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, one the largest muslim organization of Kerala, from September 2004 until his death on 2 October 2012.
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.
Moulana Chalilakath Kunhahammad Haji was a Malayali Sunni scholar and Islamic educationalist. He is known for his special attention on the reformation of orthodox Muslims and as father new Madrassa system in southern Indian state of Kerala. scholar and Islamic educationalist. He is known for his special attention on the reformation of orthodox Muslims and as father new Madrassa system in southern Indian state of Kerala.
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, title Musliyar, was an Islamic scholar from Pangu in Malabar District, Madras Presidency.
Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar former president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, was a 20th-century scholar of Muslim Kerala. He championed many successful orations against the novel groups emerged in the very century and famous as the teacher of the greatest Sunni ash'ari scholar E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar. He was notable for his piety and his extraordinary command in the Islamic jurisprudence. He was blessed with numerous students who later became shining star in the Sunni horizon.
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 Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, founder of Sunni Barelvi movement.
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. He currently serves as General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulamaor chelari group, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern Kerala.
Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari is founder and chairman of Ma'din Academy and adviser of World Interfaith Harmony Week. He is a sunni Islamic scholar, Joint Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, General Secretary of Kerala Muslim Jamaat, a body of various Muslim organisations in Kerala and he is listed in The Muslim 500.
Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya, known with the honorific Sayyid, suffixed Thangal, is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He serves as President, Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern 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.
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 central and southern Kerala. The council administers mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in central and southern Kerala.
Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of EK Sunnis is the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala. The council administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in india.