Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP Sunnis)

Not to be confused with Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama or All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama.

Samastha Kerala Jam-iyyathul Ulama
Formation26 June 1926 (98 years ago) (1926-06-26)[a]
FounderVarakkal Mullakoya Thangal[b]
TypeSunni-Shafi'i scholarly body
General Secretary
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar[3]
President
E. Sulaiman Musliyar[3]
Treasurer
Kottur Kunjammu Musliyar[3]
Secretaries
Vice Presidents
  • Sayyid Ali Bafaqi Thangal[3]
  • P. A. Aidrus Musliyar Kollam[3]
  • K. S. Attakoya Thangal Kumbol[3]
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Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of AP Sunnis, also known as Samastha[4][5][6][7][8] and AP Samastha,[4] is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala.[9][10][11][4] The council 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.[9] There are two organisations known as Samastha, one named after E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar and the other after Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, both of which emerged in 1989, due to organisational disagreement in Samastha.[4][12]

Similar to EK Sunnis, a forty-member council also known as the 'mushawara' functions a high command body of AP Sunnis.[13][14] As of December 2023, the council includes Samastha general secretary Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar; Samastha president E. Sulaiman Musliar; vice presidents Sayyid Ali Bafaqi Thangal, P. A. Aidrus Musliyar Kollam and K. S. Attakoya Thangal Kumbol;[3] treasurer Kottur Kunjammu Musliyar;[3] secretaries Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari, Ponmala Abdul Khadir Musliyar and Perod Abdurahman Saqafi.[4]

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama: Kanthapuram again general secretary; E. Sulaiman Musliyar president". www.thejasnews.com (in Malayalam). 23 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kanthapuram Samastha kicks off centenary celebrations". The Hindu. 31 December 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Increase in suicides linked to ignorance, says Kanthapuram". mathrubhumi.com. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "No freedom for Islamic activities in any country like that in India, says Keralite Muslim scholar". ThePrint. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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  9. ^ a b Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (2008). "Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India" (PDF). Modern Asian Studies. 42 (2–3): 317–346. doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003198. S2CID 143932405. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2024 – via SOAS Research Online.
  10. ^ Santhosh, R.; Visakh, M. S. (2020). "Muslim League in Kerala: Exploring the Question of 'Being Secular'". Economic and Political Weekly. 55 (7): 7–8.
  11. ^ Kooria, Mahmood (2018). "An Ethno-History of Islamic Legal Texts". Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. 7 (2): 313–338. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwy034. ISSN 2047-0770.
  12. ^ "Sunni factions bury their differences". The Hindu. 12 February 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  13. ^ Naha, Abdul Latheef (18 January 2018). "Sunni factions to bury the hatchet". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  14. ^ Alingal, Shafeeq (7 January 2018). "Kerala: League of Factions". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020.


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