All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama

All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, or All India Muslim Scholars Association, is one of the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly bodies in northern Kerala.[1][2] 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 Kerala.[3][4]

All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama
FounderKanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar
TypeSunni-Shafi'i scholarly council
Location
  • India
Region served
Northern Kerala
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Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar currently serves as the general secretary of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama.[5][6] He also leads the Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya in Kozhikode.

Wings
  • Scholarly bodies
  • Mahallu federation — Sunni Management Association
  • Educational board
    • Samastha Kerala Sunni Vidhyabhyasa Board
    • Islamic Educational Board of India
  • Madrasa teachers' association — Sunni Jamiyyathul Muallimeen
  • Youth wing — Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.)
  • Student wing — Sunni Students Federation (S. S. F.)
  • Children's wing — Sunni Bala Sangham (Mazhavil Sangham)
  • Mouthpiece (daily) — Siraj

References
  1. Kooria, Mahmood (2018). "An Ethno-History of Islamic Legal Texts". Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. 7 (2): 323. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwy034. ISSN 2047-0770.
  2. "E. K. Sunnis Step in to Back Kanthapuram in Gender Row". The Times of India. 3 December 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. Alingal, Shafeeq (2018-01-07). "Kerala: League of Factions". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11.
  5. "Kerala Muslim Scholar Urges State to lift Hijab Curbs". Deccan Herald. 21 February 2022.
  6. "Madin Ground Gears up For Mega Prayer Meet". The Hindu. 26 April 2022.
  7. Alingal, Shafeeq (2018-01-07). "Kerala: League of Factions". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11.
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