Samastha

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama

Type	Public
Founded	1926
Founder(s)	Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar
Headquarters	Chelarari Malappuram,Kerala, India
Key people	President C Koya Kutty Musliyar General Secretary Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar Source:[1]
Area served	India, Saudi Arabia
Website	www.samastha.net

Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama (S. K. J. U.) is the religious organisation of a Sunni faction Muslim scholars and clerics of the Indian state of Kerala.
It is the largest Muslim (Mappila) faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers and is known widely after the cleric E.K. Aboobacker Musliar, the former leader of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama. Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama's supreme body andis called the Mushawara.^[2] C Koya Kutty Musliyar and Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar are the current President and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama respectively.
Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed in 1926 at Kozhikode, under Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal, to resist the emerging Salafi organizations.^[3][4][5]

Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Formation
• 3 Registration
  • 3.1 Presidents
  • 3.2 General Secretaries
  • 3.3 Other scholars
• 4 Mushawara(The Consulate Body)
• 5 Public Conferences
• 6 History
• 7 Educational activities
• 8 Sub Organizations
• 9 Publications
• 10 External links
• 11 References

Introduction

Kerala Muslims, who constitute 24.7%^[6] 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 South 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.
With the onset of 20th century and the introduction of modernist as well as Western trends in all walks of life, Kerala Muslims also saw waves of changes sweeping them along with other communities. The tragic incidents of 1921 Malabar Rebellion, which was culmination of almost four centuries long repression and anti Muslim cruelties by the colonial powers and which had made Muslims condition worse and pathetic in all fields, expedited the modern trends. However, the responses to the present situation led to influence by the modernist and reformist movements within the community thus calling for a reformed Islam rejecting the entire traditional heritage.
The traditional spiritual leaders and Ulama's realized that they had to protect the Muslim community from the infiltration and influences of western un-Islamic culture on one hand and the defend the traditional Islam from being absorbed by the modernist, fundamentalist and puritanical as well as reformist versions of religion on the other hand. To face both the challenges simultaneously, the spiritual leadership thought of reinvigorating the Islamic education, of spreading the grand heritage of knowledge, of organizing to protect the traditional rites and rituals and of making the public more religious and more sensitive towards new interpretations. Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was the result of this traditional response.

Formation

The formation of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama was the response of the traditional to the conditions of post 1921 Malabar Rebellion period in which Kerala Muslim community generally witnessed a radical shift from the folds of individual leadership to the folds of organizations. The Ulama felt the need to organize to defend and protect Kerala's Islamic tradition and to wage a revivalist movement against the new interpretations.
In 1925, some major Ulama's and other society leaders gathered at Calicut Valiya Juma Masjid and formed an Ulama organization after prolonged and serious discussions. They traveled throughout the state to convey the message of the Ulama organization to maximum religious scholars who were living in the mosques or religious centers serving the Islamic knowledge.
A year later on June 26, 1926, a bigger convention was called at Calicut Town hall, where eminent scholars from across the state participated, under the chairmanship of Sayyid Shihabuddhin Cherukunchikkoya Thangal. The convention reorganized the previously formed temporary organization and adopted a full fledged organizational set up in the name of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama.

Registration

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed on June 26, 1926 but it was officially registered on November 14, 1934, as the government approved its bylaw, which was agreed upon after deep and wide scholarly discussions held in various Mushawara meets and in consultation with law experts. It promulgated the propagation of true Islam, impart of religious education and activities against superstitions and un-Islamic traditions as its primary and supreme objectives. Its bylaw also included encouragement for secular education compatible with religious beliefs, and calls for religious tolerance, interfaith friendship, peaceful existence and national progress.^[7] The registration Number is S1.1934/35 at office of the Kozhikode district registrar.^[8]
Aims and Objectives :
According to the bylaw, the main aims and objectives of the organization are :

• To propagate and spread the rites and beliefs of Islam according to real view of Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jama'a,
• To legally prevent the organisations and campaigns which are against the rites and beliefs of Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jama'a,
• To look after all rights and powers of Muslim community,
• To promote and encourage religious education and do the needful for the secular education that will be compatible with religious beliefs and culture,
• To work for the welfare and progress of the Muslim society in general by eliminating superstitions, anarchy, immorality and disunity.

Sayyid Abdur Rahman Bafaqi Thangal

Panakkad Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal

Presidents[edit]

No	Name	Tenure
1	Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal	1926-1933
2	Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar	1933-1945
3	Abdul Bari Musliyar	1945-1965
4	KK Sadakkathulla Musliyar	1965-1967
5	Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar	1967–1993
6	K.K. Hazrath]	1993- 1995
7	Sayyid Abdurraheman Imbichikoya Thangal al-azhari	1995- 2004
8	Kalambadi Mohammed Musliar	2004- 2012
9	C Koya Kutty Musliyar[9][10]	2012–Present}

General Secretaries[edit]

No	Name	Tenure
1	PV Muhammed Musliyar	1926-1951
2	Pravanna Mohiyadheen Kutty Musliyar	1951-1957
3	Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliar	1957-1996
4	Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar	1996–present

Other scholars[edit]

1. Sayyid Abdur Rahman Bafaqi Thangal
2. Sayyid P. M. S. A. Pookkoya Thangal
3. Kutubi Muhammed Musliyar
4. Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi
5. K.T. Manu Musliar^[11]
6. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi^[12][13]
7. CM Abdulla Moulavi
8. Chappanangadi Bapu Musliyar
9. Sayyid Umerali Shihab Thangal
10. Athipatta Mohyudden Kutti Musliyar
11. Kottumala Aboobacker Musliyar^[14][15]
12. Natika V Moosa Musliyar
13. CH Hydrose Musliyar
14. MM Basheer Musliyar
15. Kotta Abdul Khader Musliyar, Kasaragod

Mushawara(The Consulate Body)[edit]

Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama's supreme body and the working committee is called the Mushawara. It consists of 40 eminent scholars of the time who are drawn purely on the basis of their scholarship is Islam, religious piety, faithfulness and devoutness. The word Mushawara, Consultation, is drawn from the Qur'anic order to seek scholarly advice in matters.

Public Conferences[edit]

Samastha leaders organised a host of public conferences at various places to spread their messages. Facing an opposition of secularly educated people, journalists, advocates and neo-scholars who had been fruitfully utilizing all means from public meetings to publications to propagate their reformist ideologies and to brand traditionalists as courting shirk, Samastha leaders were compelled to come out to defend themselves against allegations and to explain its views. Systematically held public conferences and anniversaries increased Samastha's popularity, kept the majority of Mappila Muslims in their fold, and restricted the inroads of reformist ideologies. In the first 25 years, Samastha focused its agenda on conducting public conferences, dialogues and ideological conflicts. Between 1927 and 1944 it convened 15 annual conferences at various places attracting immense public attention. The 16th conference held at Karyavattam was important as since then Samastha started to keep records and registers of all activities, resolutions and decisions scientifically.

History[edit]

Early Years (1926–1957)

Date	Incident
1926 June 26	SKJU formed at Kozhikode townhall in the presence of Sayyid Hashim Cherukunchikkoya Thangal
1927 Feb 7	SKJU's First conference at Tanur in the presence of Liyauddeen Hazrath (Nalir Bakhiyath).
1927 Dec 31	SKJU Second conference at Molur in the presence of Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar
1929 Jan 7	SKJU Third conference at Chemmankuzhy in the presence of Moulana Muhammad Abdul Bari
1929 Dec	SKJU published its first daily "Al Bayan".[16]
1930 March 17	SKJU Fourth conference at Mannarkkad in the presence of Vellengara Muhammad Musliyar
1931 March 11	SKJU Fifth conference at Velliyancheri in the presence of Karimbanakkal Ahmad Musliyar
1932 June	Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar appointed as the President of SKJU
1934 Nov 14	SKJU officially registered by law at Kozhikode district registrar office.
1950 April 29	SKJU 18th conference at Valancheri.
1951 March 24	Paravanna Muhyudheen Kutty Musliyar appointed As SKJU General Secretary
1951 Sep 17	Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board (SKIMVB) formed
1954 April 26	SKJU formed a youth organization under its fold "Sunni Yuvajana Sangam (SYS)"

Educational activities[edit]

Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama owns one of the prime higher learning centers of Islamic theology in Kerala. Co-Ordination of Islamic Colleges (C. I. C.)^[17] is the coordination of more than thirty Islamic Colleges which works under Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama. Most of these institutions educate the students in religious and material fields of education while a few concentrates only in religious subjects. Some of them are:

No	Institution	Location	Description
1.	Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College[18]	Pattikkad[19]
2.	Darul Huda Islamic University	Chemmad,Malappuram	DHIU is an Islamic affiliating university at Hidaya Nagar, Tirurangadi taluk in Malappuram started on 26 June 1986. The university is a member of Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World as well as League of Islamic Universities.
3.	Markasutharbiyathul Islamiyya	Valanchery,Malappuram	-Co-ordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC) is an academic governing body functioning as an Islamic University in Kerala, the southernmost state of India. Established in 2000 and registered with the Government of Kerala (Numb: 379/04), the CIC looks to achieve a closer integration of various streams of knowledge, bridging the gap and realizing the synergy between religious and secular studies. Currently headquartered in Markazu Tharbiyyathil Islamiyya Educational Campus, in the district of Malappuram, the CIC has 33 Islamic, Arts and Science Colleges affiliated to it]
4.	Malik Deenar Islamic Academy	Thalangara,Kasaragod	Run by MALIK DEENAR GREAT JUMA MASJID COMMITTEE, named after Malik Deenar رضي الله عنه, the great disciple of prophet Muhammed (صلّى الله عليه وسلّم). It is located near to Malik Deenar Mosque.
5.	Sabeelul Hidaya Islamic College	Vattaparamba,Malappuram	Vadhee Hidaya, Run by: CH Kunheen Musliyar Trust
6.	Islahul Uloom Arabic College	Tanur,Malappuram	Run by: Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
7.	MIC Darul Irshad Academy	Thekkil,Kasaragod	Mahinabad & Udmawest, HQ: Chattanchal, Run by : SKSSF Kasaragod
8.	Busthanul Uloom Arabic College	Maniyoor, Kerala	Run by: Maniyoor Muslim Jamaath
9.	Darussalam Arabic College	Nandi
10.	Rahmaniya Arabic College[20]	Katameri
11.	Anvariyya Arabic College	Pottachira
12.	Malabar Islamic Complex	Chattanchal,Kasaragod
13.	MEA Engineering College	Perinthalmanna,Malappuram
14.	Darunnajaath Islamic Center	Karuvarakkund,Malappuram
15.	Shamsul Ulama Islamic Academy	Vengapalli,Wayanad
16.	Darul Hidaya Islamic Complex[21]	Edappal, Malappuram[22]
17.	Darul Uloom Arabic College	Sultan Batheri,Wayanad	The first Arabic college in wyanad, now it is run by wyanad muslim orphanage Muttil.A number of students became faizy sanad holders by studying here; it is situated in the middle of sulthan bathery town. There are many famous teachers teaching in this institution.
18.	Markazussaqafathil Islamiyya	Kundoor
19.	Jamiyya Azhariyya	Payyannur
20.	Jannathul Uloom Arabic College	Palakkad
21.	Kottumala Aboobacker Musliyar Smaraka Islamic Complex	Malappuram
22.	Rasheediyya Arabic College	Edavannappara
23.	Darunnajath Arabic College	Mannarkkad,Palakkad
24.	Bafaqi Orphanage	Valavannoor
25.	darul hasanath islamic college	kannadipparamba, kannur	run by darul hasanath islamic complex this is charitable institution situating in kannur affiliated darul huda islamic university, chemmad,

|25. |Al-Hasanath Arabic College |Mampuzha Karuvarakkundu Malappuram

Sub Organizations[edit]

Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama (S. K. J. U.) have separate feeder organizations for each layer of the society.
They are:

1. Sunni Yuvajana Sangam(SYS - for the youth),
2. Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF - for higher students)
3. Samastha Kerala Sunni Bala Veedi(SKSBV - for children)^[23]
4. Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Mu'allimeen (SKJM - for religious school teachers)
5. Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (Coordination of more than 10,000 Madrassa's)^[24][25]
6. Samastha Kerala Sunni Mahallu Federation (SKSMF)

Sunni Yuvajana Sangam
Samastha decided to form a youth organization under its fold at its 20th public conference held at Tanur on April 25, 1954 to organize the youth and public under Samastha and to give Samastha an organizational set up at grassroots level. The Yuvajan Sangam, known as SYS was formed a day later on April 26 at the office of Calicut Ansar ul-Islam.
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federations (SKSSF) is the higher students organization. The organization was formed on February 19, 1989 as a part of the attempt to organize all Muslim students under its fold and to nurture them into a good moral life. SKSSF has been actively involving in all community related issues and struggling for their rights. Sayyid Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal is the President and Onampilly Mohammed Faizy is the current General Secretary. SKSSF has various other activities under different wings namely:

• IBAD - Da'wa and working among the society to keep them in Islamic way of life.
• TREND - Services in field of education and career guidance.
• Higher Education Programme (H.E.P)
• Sahachari (Relief Cell)
• Quran Study Center
• Thwalabha Wing
• Campus Wing
• Islamic Center^[26]
• Students Hostel
• Kafila
• Islamic Sahithya Academy (ISA)
• Sarghalayam
• Manushyajalika

Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board
Samastha Kerala Islamic Education Board (known as Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board) runs a primary religious education programme that has more than ten thousand Madrasas under it. Understanding the requirement of a sub organization exclusively to focus on imparting primary Islamic education, Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama (S. K. J. U.)formed Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board (SKIMVB). The board carried out its main objective of setting op madrassas across the state from its very initial stage and the educational system was made systematic through the preparation of syllabus for students until 12th grade and students found time to attend madrassas along with their regular schooling. It was in 1952 the board called applications for madrassa recognition and recognized 10 madrassas that year.^[27]
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Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Mu'allimeen Central Council(SKJMCC) is a teachers association under the board, which has 19 districts and 411 range level committees other than the central committee. SKJMCC has been doing creative and appreciable services in providing various kinds of benefits and welfare projects for its thousands of mostly poor teaching community. There are 14 kinds of service benefit schemes and 6 types of welfare funds under SKJMCC. As of 2006, 1,004,650 are studying under SKIMVB recognized madrasas and 78,709 teachers who have been officially by opening and maintaining Mu'allim register at SKIMVB office, are working in these madrasas.

Publications

Samastha's message is spread among the community through a number of publications. The educational board came to the publication field with the launch of Al-Bayan^[28] monthly, first in Arabic Malayalam and then in Malayalam in 1954. The magazine ceased to exist after few years. In 1959, the Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Mu'allimeen (SKJM) started its mouthpiece "Al Mu'allim " magazine. It was started as thrimasika(quarterly), did not last long, but in 1977 it was restarted as monthly as it still continues. The other publications are:

1. Suprabhatham
2. Sathyadhara (Malayalam, Kannada & Gulf editions) ^{[29] [30][31]}
3. Thelicham
4. Sunni Afkhar ^[32] [33]
5. Kudumbam
6. Kurunnukal
7. Al Mu'allim
8. Al Azhar (Kannada)

Sunni Yuvajana Sangam

Type	Youth Organization
Founded	1954 April 26
Headquarters	Chelarari Malappuram,Kerala, India
Origins	Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
Key people	President Sayyid Hyder Ali Shihab Thangal Panakkad General Secretary Prof:K Alikkutty Musliyar Source:[1]
Area served	India, Saudi Arabia

Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation

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Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF)

Type	Student Organization
Founded	February 19, 1989
Headquarters	Chelarari Malappuram,Kerala, India
Origins	Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
Key people	President Sayyid Abbasali Shihab Thangal General Secretary Onampilly Muhammad Faizy Source:[1]
Area served	India, Saudi Arabia
Website	www.skssf.net%20 www.skssfonline.com www.skssfnews.com www.sathyadhara.com

Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation, known as SKSSF, is the higher students organisation of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama formed on February 19, 1989, as a part of its attempt to all Muslim students under its fold to nurture them into a good moral life.^[2]
Onampilly Muhammad Faizy is the current General Secretary^[3] and Sayyid Abbasali Shihab Thangal is the President of the organisation.^[4] "The Islamic Centre", in Kozhikode, is the Kerala State office of S. K. S. S. F. It publishes a mouthpiece magazine, Satyadhara.^[5]
SKSSF is involved in various activities among the society that involves people from all sectors.^[6] SKSSF has various other activities under different wings namely:

1. IBAD - Da'wa and working among the society to keep them in Islamic way of life.
2. TREND - Services in field of education and career guidance.
3. Higher Education Programme (H.E.P)
4. Sahachari (Relief Cell)
5. Quran Study Center
6. Thwalabha Wing
7. Campus Wing
8. Islamic Center^[7]

External links[edit]

• www.skssf.net
• [1]
• www.skssfonline.com
• www.skssfnews.com
• Sathyadhara Fortnightly Online
• [2]

References[edit]

1. ^ http://www.keralaislamicinstitutes.com/Islamic_Organisations/Islamic_Organisations_in_Kerala-c.html
2. ^ IndianExpress.com :: Boys, girls can’t share bench: Kerala Muslim morality cops
3. ^ SKSSF to organise ‘Manushya jalika’ - Newindpress.com
4. ^ samastha 2
5. ^ A new Islamic centre in Calicut, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 2 No. 13
6. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SKSSF-Human-Chain/speednewsbytopic/keyid-539125.cms
7. ^ http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01072001/18.htm

      Samastha Kerala Sunni Bala Vedi

Type	Student Organization
Founded	December,25, 1989
Headquarters	Chelarari Malappuram,Kerala, India
Origins	Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
Key people	President Panakkad Sayyid Mueenali Shihab Thangal General Secretary Shamsad Saleem

1989 :Kanniyath Usthad's  dua on 1989 January 7