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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 ...
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]
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
Historians do not rule out the possibility of Islam being introduced to Kerala as early as the seventh century CE. [17] [18] Kerala Muslims are generally referred to as the Mappilas. Mappilas are but one among the many communities that forms the Muslim population of Kerala. [13] [19] The first Indian mosque was built in 624 AD at Kodungallur.
The Thangal families are numerous in Kerala, all receive recognition, but some are considered as saints. [2] The Thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with Shafi'i madhab). [6] Some individuals take advice from the Thangals on crucial matters. [3]
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 .
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad [b] [3] [4] (born 22 March 1931) [1] [a], 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.
Kolkali was a popular dance form among the Muslims of Kerala. It is played in group of 12 people with two sticks. Duff Muttu [84] (also called Dubh Muttu) was an art form prevalent among Muslims of Kerala, using the traditional duff, or daf, also known as tappitta. Participants dance to the rhythm as they beat the duff.