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v. t. e. Islam arrived in Kerala, the Malayalam -speaking region in the south-western tip of India, through Middle Eastern merchants. [ 8][ 9] The Indian coast has an ancient relation with West Asia and the Middle East, even during the pre-Islamic period. Kerala Muslims or Malayali Muslims from north Kerala are generally referred to as Mappilas.
Mappila Muslim, generally in recent times, is a member of the Muslim community of same name found predominantly in Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands in Southern India, and historically used to identify Muslims from Northern Kerala [ a]. [ 2][ 9] Muslims of Kerala make up 26.56% of the population of the state (2011), and as a religious group they ...
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen founded Jamia Nadwiyya Edavanna in 1964. It is a group of education institutions consisting of Nursing College, Training College, Teachers Training Institute, Arts and Science College, Higher Secondary School for Girls, Residential High School, and Thahfeezul Quran. The campus is located in Edavanna, in Malappuram ...
MSF state conference of 2011 [5] triggered the birth of Haritha. Around 1,500 girls had registered online, then Haritha was officially founded in 2012 at Calicut, Kerala with Najma Thabsheera and Fathima Thahiliya as its main organiser and Fathima Thahiliya as the founding general secretary. The original group consisted of Najma Thabsheera and ...
The Rowther ( anglicised as Irauttar, Rawther, Ravuttar, Ravutta, Ravuthar, Ravuthamar) are originally a Tamil community from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. [ 1] They were converted to Islam by preacher Nathar Shah. [ 2] Even after conversion they retained their caste name. They were elite cavalrymen of the Chola and Pandya kingdoms ...
Entry of women to Sabarimala. Women and girls between 10 and 50 years of age were legally banned from entering Sabarimala from 1991 to 2018. Sabarimala is a temple dedicated to Shasta, in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. [ 1] Women and girls of reproductive age have traditionally not been permitted to worship there, as Shasta is a ...
Mundum neriyatum ( Malayalam: മുണ്ട് നേരിയത്; settu-mundu or mundu-set) is the traditional clothing of women in Kerala, a state in southwestern India. It is the oldest remnant of the ancient form of the sari which covered only the lower part of the body. [ 1][ 2] In the mundum neriyatum, the most basic traditional ...
Oppana. Oppana ( Malayalam: ഒപ്പന) is a popular form of social entertainment among the Mappila (Kerala Muslims) community of Kerala, South India, prevalent throughout Kerala, especially in Malabar. [ 1] The term Oppana is believed to be originated from the Arabic word "Affna". [ 2] Oppana is traditionally used in various important ...