Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama

Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of E. K. Sunnis, also known as EK Samastha and Chelari Samastha is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. 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. 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.

A forty-member 'mushawara' is the high command body of the Sunni council. As of 2020, the president was Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal.

Structure

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

Wings

• 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) — Suprabhaatham [7]

Presidents

• 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)
• Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal (2017–Present)

Notable events conference

100th Anniversary

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the Samastha's 100th anniversary of function at Bengaluru Palace grounds 28 January 2024 Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama inaugurated the declaration of the centenary celebrations of Samastha in Bengaluru.

References

1. Samastha
2. Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation
3. Islam in Kerala
4. 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala
5. Alappuzha
6. Religion in Kerala
7. Malayalam cinema
8. Malayalam
9. History of Kerala
10. Economy of Kerala
11. Malayalis
12. Kerala
13. Malabar Coast
14. Demographics of Kerala
15. Government of Kerala
16. List of chief ministers of Kerala
17. United Democratic Front (Kerala)
18. Geography of Kerala
19. Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar
20. Architecture of Kerala