Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama - Official

Sunni Islamic organisation in India

Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama

Predecessor| Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama
Formation| 1926
Founder| Sayyid abdul rahman ba-Alavi varakkal mullakoya thangal
Type| Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly council
Headquarters| Samasthalayam,chelari
Location|

* India

Region served

| All over India,GCC.

General Secretary

| Sheikhul jamia K. Ali Kutty Musliyar

President

| Sayyidul Ulama Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal
Subsidiaries| SKIMVB,

SYS, SKJM, SKSSF, SKSBV, SKJMCC,

SKJQ
Website| samastha.info
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Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama is the principal Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala.[1][2][3] 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.[1]

A forty-member 'mushawara' is the high command body of the Sunni council.[4][5] As of 2020 the president was Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal.[6][7]

## Structure[edit]

* President — Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal
* General Secretary — K. Ali Kutty Musliyar
* Treasurer — P.P. Umer Musliyar

## Wings[edit]

* Mahallu federation — Samastha Kerala Sunni Mahallu Federation (S. M. F.) [1]
* Educational board — Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board (S. K. I. M. V. B.) [2]

* Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Muallimeen [3]
* Youth wing — Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.) [4]
* Student wing — Samastha Kerala Sunni Students' Federation (S. K. S. S. F) [5]
* Children's wing — Samastha Kerala Sunni Balavedhi (S. K. S. B. V.) [6]
* Mouthpiece (daily) — Suprabhatham [7]

## Presidents of Samastha[edit]

* Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal (1926-1932)
* Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar (1932-1945)
* Abdul Bari Musliyar (1945-1965)
* KK Sadakkathulla Musliyar (1965-1967)
* Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1967–1993)
* K.K. Aboobacker Hazrath (1993- 1995)
* Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari (1995- 2004)
* Kalambadi Mohammed Musliar (2004- 2012)
* C Koya Kutty Musliyar (2012–2016)
* Kumaramputhur A. P. Muhammed Musliyar (2016-2017)
* Sayyid Jifri Muthukoya Thangal (2017- Present)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (2008). "Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India". Modern Asian Studies. 42 (2–3): 317–346. doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003198. S2CID 143932405.
2. ^ Santhosh, R.; Visakh, M. S. (2020). "Muslim League in Kerala: Exploring the Question of 'Being Secular'". Economic and Political Weekly. 55 (7): 7–8.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Naha, Abdul Latheef (18 January 2018). "Sunni Factions to Bury the Hatchet". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
5. ^ Alingal, Shafeeq (7 January 2018). "Kerala: League of Factions". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020.
6. ^ Naha, Abdul Latheef (3 January 2018). "No action against Panakkad scions". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.
7. ^ "Aradhanalayangal Thurakkanam: Samastha". Media One. 3 June 2020.

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