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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]
Muslims in Kerala share a common language with the rest of the non-Muslim population and have a culture commonly regarded as the Malayali culture. [13] Islam is the second largest practised religion in Kerala (26.56%) next to Hinduism. [14] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472.
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
Islam is the second-largest practiced religion in Kerala (26.56%), only surpassed by Hinduism. [8] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472. [9] [10] Most of the Muslims in Kerala follow the Shāfiʿī School (Sunni Islam), followed by Salafi movement. [11]
[6] [7] [8] Even if the kings belonged to one religion, they employed people from other religions. The Muslims were a major financial power to be reckoned with in the old kingdoms of Kerala and had great political influence in the Hindu royal courts. [9] [10] There are a lot of instances of religious tolerance shown by the kings.
He was admitted in Darse (Masjid based university) borne by Ali Musliyar, the scholar and freedom fighter. He traveled to Bareilly city and got Islamic and spiritual education under Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Mujaddid and famous Sunni scholar of the previous century. He was given permission to accept disciples in Sufi Qadri order by him.
The four Sunni Imams founded the four madhhab (schools of thought) recognized in Sunni Islam. While they agree on the foundational principles of fiqh according to the Sunni narrative, their interpretations of certain legal and practical matters differ, which led to the development of the four distinct madhhab.
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.