Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
| Founded | 1926 |
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| Founder |
Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar |
| Type | Public |
| Headquarters | Samastha Office, Francis Road, Calicut, Kerala, India, Kozhikode (Kerala) |
| Origins | Calicut, Kerala, India |
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Area served
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India |
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Key people
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[sayyed Muhammad jifri muthukoya thangal]] (President) K Ali kutty musliyar (General Secretary) |
| Website | samastha.net |
[sayyed Muhammad jifri muthukoya thangal]] (President)
Samastha Kerala Jam'eyyath ul-Ulama is the religious organisation of the Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics of the Indian state of Kerala.
Samastha is the largest Muslim organization in Kerala in terms of number of followers, number of mahals (territories divided into different areas) controlled, and the number of madrasas (religious schools), colleges and other institutes run by it . Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama's supreme body and the working committee is called the Mushawara, constituted by the forty most prominent scholars of the time. Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed in 1926 at Kozhikode, under the leadership of Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal, to resist the emerging Salafi organizations.Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal and K. Alikutty Musliyar respectively, are the current president and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.
Kerala Muslims, who constitute 26.56% of the total population of the state, have their own characteristics and peculiarities that distinguish them from other Muslim communities in India. Islam entered South India much early compared to the northern parts of the country. Arab traders and missionaries propagated their faith by their own ideal manners, persuasion and example. The direct relation of Kerala Muslims with Arabian Islam alienates them from what is called Indo-Persian Islam. In contrast to the rest of Muslims in India, Kerala Muslims observe the Shafi'i school of law. They never enjoyed ruling power unlike in North India, but remained as self-reliant merchants, fisherman or peasants throughout the centuries. There were no linguistic barriers to alienate Muslims from their non-Muslim counterparts, as the entire Keralites speak the Dravidian language of Malayalam, and Muslims never used Urdu as their mother tongue.
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