Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP Sunnis)
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Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of A. P. Sunnis, also known as A.P Samastha,[2] is a Sunni-Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala.[3][4][5][6] 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.[3] 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, due to organisational disagreement in Samastha.[7][8]
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Formation | 1989 |
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Founder | Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal |
Type | Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly council |
General Secretary | Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar |
President | E. Sulaiman Musliyar |
Treasurer | Kottur Kunjammu Musliyar[1] |
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Website | samastha |
Samastha of AP Sunnis claims to be the real Samastha. AP and EK Sunnis have had dispute over the control of some mosques and madrasas in Malabar. EK Sunnis have had supported IUML whereas AP Sunnis have had supported LDF and CPM.[9] There have been talks for rapprochement between these two Sunni groups.[10] As of 26 June 2023 there are around 10435 madrasas in India under Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (of AP Sunnis).[11]
Similar to EK Sunnis, a forty-member council also known as the 'mushawara' functions a high command body of AP Sunnis.[10][12] As of December 2023 the council includes general secretary Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar; president E. Sulaiman Musliar; vice president Syed Attakoya Thangal; treasurer Kottur Kunjammu Musliyar;[1] secretaries Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari, Ponmala Abdul Khadir Musliar and Perod Abdurahman Saqafi;[13] vice presidents Syyid Ali Bafaqi Thangal, P. A. Aidrus Muslyar Kollam and K. S. Attakoya Thangal Kumbol.[1]