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Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of EK Sunnis also known as Samastha and EK Samastha [2] [3] is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. [4] [5] [6] The body administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning (the equivalent of north Indian madrasas) and madrasas (institutions where children receive basic Islamic education) in India. [4]
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Dakshina Kerala Jami-yyathul Ulama is the principal Sunni-Shafi'i and Hanafi scholarly body in southern Kerala. [1] The council administers mosques, institutes of higher religious learning and madrasas in southern Kerala districts of alappuzha, kottayam,idukki, pathanamthitta,kollam & trivandrum.
Most of the Muslims of Kerala follow Sunni Islam of Shāfiʿī school of religious law (known in Kerala as the traditionalist 'Sunnis') while a large minority follow modern movements that developed within Sunni Islam. [8] [9] The latter section consists of majority Salafists (the Mujahids) and the minority Islamists. Both the traditional Sunnis ...
He had occupied crucial positions in Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the official organization of Sunni scholars in Kerala. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was renowned south Indian Shafi scholar who was student of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi , founder of Sunni Barelvi movement .
Historians do not rule out the possibility of Islam being introduced to Kerala as early as the seventh century CE. [16] [17] Kerala Muslims are generally referred to as the Mappilas. Mappilas are but one among the many communities that forms the Muslim population of Kerala. [12] [18] The first Indian mosque was built in 624 AD at Kodungallur.
The Mujahid movement laid the foundations of Islamic renaissance in Kerala by campaigning against corrupted practices of the Sufi orders, superstitions, false beliefs, polytheism etc., and called for the revival of true Islamic practices to the Muslim community in Kerala which had until then been severely lacking in crucial aspects of religious ...
All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, or All India Muslim Scholars Association, is an organisation of Islamic scholars in India. [1] Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar currently serves as the general secretary of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama. [2] [3] He also leads the Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya in Kozhikode.