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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.
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 ...
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.
Samastha began in 1926 to counter Vakkom Moulavi's Kerala Muslim Aikya Sangam [14] —the precursor of KNM and the wider Mujahid movement. Only traditionalist Sunnis are called Sunnis in Kerala in contrast to the reformist ones. The four different factions of Sunnis in Kerala have "almost the same ideology and
the moral examples set by important Islamic personalities (such as the four rightly guided caliphs for Sunni Muslims); [15] works on Adab (i.e. etiquette, manners); [15] "philosophical reflection" by the school of Islam known as the Mu`tazilites and others; "works of Greek ethicists", (which were translated into Arabic); [15]
Ethnic group Malabar Muslims of Kerala and Lakshadweep Cheraman Juma Masjid, the first Mosque built by Malabar Muslims Total population c. 6 million (2011) Regions with significant populations Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tulu Nadu, Kodagu, States of Persian Gulf Languages Malayalam (Arabi Malayalam) [7] Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Beary, Kodava Maaple, Malayalis, Marakkars, Sri Lankan ...
The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Shaykh Taqi ud din al Hilali [1] The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall; The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali; The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem [2] [3] The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa ...
[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. On 1 February 2015 Siraj daily reported the following: More members were appointed to the national leadership of the All India Sunni Jem-iyyathul Ulama.