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{{Distinguish|Samastha Kerala JemJam-iyyathul Ulama|All (APIndia Sunnis)Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama}}

<noinclude>{{Short description|Sunni Islamic organisation in India}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Samastha Kerala Jam-iyyathul Ulama

| formation = {{start date and age|1926|06|26|p=y|df=yes}}{{efn|Per EK Sunnis<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=സമസ്തയുടെ":9" ചരിത്രം |url=https://www.suprabhaatham.com/details/403073?link=History-of-Samasta- >{{refn|dategroup=2024-06-25Note|access-date=2024-09-19Per |website=suprabhaathamAP |language=ml}}</ref>Sunnis}}

| logo =

| logo_size =

| founder =

| logo_caption = Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama flag

| type = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]-[[Shafi'i school|Shafi'i]] scholarly body

| founder = Sayyid Abdul Rahman ba-Alavi [[Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal]]{{efn|Per EK Sunnis<ref>{{Cite web |title=സമസ്തയുടെ ചരിത്രം |url=https://www.suprabhaatham.com/details/403073?link=History-of-Samasta- |date=2024-06-25|access-date=2024-09-19 |website=suprabhaatham |language=ml}}</ref>}}

| typeheadquarters = [[SunniMarkazu IslamSaqafathi Sunniyya|SunniMarkaz]]-,[[Shafi'i school|Shafi'iKozhikkode]] scholarly council

| region_served =

| headquarters = Samasthalayam, Chelari, [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India

| leader_title = President

| region_served = {{Unbulleted_list|[[India]]|[[Gulf Cooperation Council]]}}

| leader_name = [[E Sulaiman Musliyar|E. Sulaiman Musliyar]]

| leader_title = President

| leader_namegen_sec = Sayyid ul Ulama Sayed = [[MuhammadKanthapuram A. JifriP. MuthukkoyaAboobacker ThangalMusliyar]]

| gen_secleader_title2 = Sheikh ul Jamia [[K. Ali Kutty= Musliyar]]Treasurer

| leader_name2 = Kottur Kunjammu Musliyar<ref name=":5" />

| leader_title2 =

| leader_name2leader_title3 = Secretaries

| leader_name3 = *[[Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari]]

| leader_title3 =

*Ponmala Abdul Kadhar Musliyar

| leader_name3 =

*Perod Abdurahman Saqafi Kottur

| leader_title4 =

| leader_name4leader_title4 = Vice Presidents

| leader_name4 = *Sayyid Ali Bafaqi Thangal<ref name=":5" />

| subsidiaries = {{Bulleted_list|Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board|Sunni Yuvajana Sangham|Samastha Kerala Jam-iyyathul Mudariseen|[[Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation]]|Samastha Kerala Sunni Bala Vedi|Sunni Mahallu Federation|Samastha Kerala Jam’eyyat ul-Mu’allimeen Central Council}}

*P. A. Aidrus Musliyar Kollam<ref name=":5" />

| affiliations =

*K. S. Attakoya Thangal Kumbol<ref name=":5" />

| website = {{URL|https://samastha.info/}}

| subsidiaries = [[Sunni Students' Federation|Sunni Students Federation (SSF)]]

| affiliations = [[All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama]]

| website = {{URL|https://samastha.in/}}

}}

{{Islam}}

'''Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama''' of A. P. Sunnis, also known as ''' Samastha'''<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-12 |title=Increase in suicides linked to ignorance, says Kanthapuram |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/increase-in-suicides-linked-to-ignorance-says-kanthapuram-1.9718644 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=mathrubhumi.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713042736/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/increase-in-suicides-linked-to-ignorance-says-kanthapuram-1.9718644 |archive-date=2024-07-13 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-28 |title=No freedom for Islamic activities in any country like that in India, says Keralite Muslim scholar |url=https://theprint.in/india/no-freedom-for-islamic-activities-in-any-country-like-that-in-india-says-keralite-muslim-scholar/1340475/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ThePrint |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726160345/https://theprint.in/india/no-freedom-for-islamic-activities-in-any-country-like-that-in-india-says-keralite-muslim-scholar/1340475/ |archive-date=2024-07-26 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> and '''AP Samastha''',<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-12-31 |title=Kanthapuram Samastha kicks off centenary celebrations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114162725/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-date=2024-01-14 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> is a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]-[[Shafi‘i|Shafi'i]] Muslim scholarly body in [[Kerala]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Osella |first1=Filippo |last2=Osella |first2=Caroline |date=2008 |title=Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/5176/1/osella_ModAsianStuds.PDF |via=SOAS Research Online |journal=Modern Asian Studies |language= |volume=42 |issue=2–3 |pages=317–346 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X07003198 |s2cid-access=free |s2cid=143932405 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324084357/https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/5176/1/osella_ModAsianStuds.PDF |archive-date= Mar 24, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Santhosh |first1=R. |last2=Visakh |first2=M. S. |date=2020 |title=Muslim League in Kerala: Exploring the Question of 'Being Secular' |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/7/special-articles/muslim-league-kerala.html |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |language= |volume=55 |issue=7 |pages=7–8}}</ref><ref name=":56">{{Cite journal |last=Kooria |first=Mahmood |date=2018 |title=An Ethno-History of Islamic Legal Texts |url=https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article/7/2/313/5105825 |journal=Oxford Journal of Law and Religion |language= |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=313–338 |doi=10.1093/ojlr/rwy034 |issn=2047-0770}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-12-31 |title=Kanthapuram Samastha kicks off centenary celebrations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114162725/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-date=2024-01-14 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The council administers [[Shafi'i school|Shafi'ite]] mosques, institutes of higher religious learning (the equivalent of north Indian [[madrasa]]s) and madrasas (institutions where children receive basic [[Islam|Islamic education]]) in [[India]].<ref name=":1" /> There are two organisations known as Samastha, one named after [[E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar]] and the other after Kanthapuram [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]], both of which emerged in 1989, due to organisational disagreement in Samastha.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-12-31 |title=Kanthapuram Samastha kicks off centenary celebrations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114162725/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-date=2024-01-14 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2022-02-12 |title=Sunni factions bury their differences |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sunni-factions-bury-their-differences/article38419837.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828182004/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sunni-factions-bury-their-differences/article38419837.ece |archive-date=2023-08-28 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

'''SamasthaSimilar Keralato Jem-iyyathulEK Ulama'''Sunnis, ofa EKforty-member Sunniscouncil also known as the '''Samastha''mushawara' andfunctions EKa Samasthahigh command body of AP Sunnis.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Naha |first=Abdul Latheef |date=20222018-0201-1218 |title=Sunni factions to bury theirthe differenceshatchet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sunni-factions-to-bury-theirthe-differenceshatchet/article38419837article22466086.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023082818200420230528192856/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sunni-factions-to-bury-theirthe-differenceshatchet/article38419837article22466086.ece |archive-date=2023-0805-28 |access-date=2024-0607-2207 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>'''<ref name=":132">{{Cite news |last=Alingal |first=Shafeeq |date=20232018-1201-3107 |title=KanthapuramKerala: SamasthaLeague kicksof offFactions centenary|work=The celebrationsNew Indian Express |location= |url=https://www.thehindunewindianexpress.com/news/nationalstates/kerala/kanthapuram2018/jan/07/kerala-samasthaleague-kicksof-offfactions-centenary-celebrations/article676927311746566.ecehtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024011416272520200611054152/https://www.thehindunewindianexpress.com/news/nationalstates/kerala/kanthapuram2018/jan/07/kerala-samasthaleague-kicksof-offfactions-centenary-celebrations/article676927311746566.ecehtml |archive-date=20242020-0106-1411 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>''' isAs aof [[SunniDecember Islam|Sunni]]-[[Shafi‘i|Shafi'i]]2023, Muslimthe scholarlycouncil bodyincludes inSamastha general secretary [[KeralaKanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]]; Samastha president E. Sulaiman Musliar; vice presidents Sayyid Ali Bafaqi Thangal, P. A. Aidrus Musliyar Kollam and K. S. Attakoya Thangal Kumbol;<ref name=":15" />{{Cite journaltreasurer |last1=OsellaKottur |first1=FilippoKunjammu |last2Musliyar;<ref name=Osella":5">{{Cite web |first2last=Caroline |date=20082024-02-23 |title=IslamismSamastha andKerala SocialJem-iyyathul ReformUlama: inKanthapuram Kerala,again general secretary; E. Sulaiman SouthMusliyar Indiapresident |url=https://eprintswww.soasthejasnews.ac.ukcom/5176sublead/1/osella_ModAsianStuds.PDF |via=SOAS Research Online |journal=Modern Asian Studies |language= |volume=42 |issue=2–3 |pages=317–346 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X07003198 |s2cidsamastha-access=free |s2cid=143932405 |urlkerala-jamiyyathul-ulama-status=livekanthapuram-again-general-secretary-228627 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024032408435720240307223416/https://eprintswww.soasthejasnews.ac.ukcom/5176sublead/1/osella_ModAsianStuds.PDFsamastha-kerala-jamiyyathul-ulama-kanthapuram-again-general-secretary-228627 |archive-date= Mar 24, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal-03-07 |last1access-date=Santhosh2024-07-10 |first1website=Rwww. |last2=Visakh |first2=M. Sthejasnews.com |datelanguage=2020ml}}</ref> |title=Muslimsecretaries League[[Sayyid inIbraheem Kerala:Khaleel ExploringAl theBukhari]], QuestionPonmala ofAbdul 'BeingKhadir Secular' |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/7/special-articles/muslim-league-kerala.html |journal=EconomicMusliyar and PoliticalPerod WeeklyAbdurahman |language= |volume=55 |issue=7 |pages=7–8}}Saqafi.</ref><ref name=":56">{{Cite journalnews |last=Kooria |first=Mahmood |date=20182023-12-31 |title=AnKanthapuram Ethno-HistorySamastha ofkicks Islamicoff Legalcentenary Textscelebrations |url=https://academicwww.oupthehindu.com/ojlrnews/articlenational/7kerala/2kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/313/5105825article67692731.ece |journalarchive-url=Oxford Journal of Law and Religionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240114162725/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |languagearchive-date=2024-01-14 |volumeaccess-date=72024-06-22 |issuework=2The |pages=313–338Hindu |doilanguage=10.1093/ojlr/rwy034en-IN |issn=20470971-0770751X}}</ref> The council administers [[Shafi'i school|Shafi'ite]] mosques, institutes of higher religious learning (the equivalent of north Indian [[madrasa]]s) and madrasas (institutions where children receive basic [[Islam|Islamic education]]) in [[India]].<ref name=":1" />

The Samasta Kerala Jamiyatul Ulama (All Kerala Ulama Organisation), popularly known as Samastha, is the Sunni scholarly organization with the highest support among [[Islam in Kerala|Kerala Muslims]]. The formation of the Samasta was a response of these traditional ulama to the conditions of the post-1921 era, in which Kerala Muslim society in general witnessed a radical shift from the ladder of individual leadership to the ladder of organizations.

== Population makeup ==

==Samastha History ==

Traditionally Muslims of Kerala are [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]], predominantly [[Shafi'i school|Shafi'is]] where around two-thirds of the Muslim population is [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|AP]] and [[E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar|EK]] Sunnis, respective Samasthas of which emerged in 1989 due to disagreement in Samastha. The reformist Mujahids, belonging to the [[Salafi movement]], make up around 10 percent of the total Muslim population of Kerala. Though there is presence of groups like [[Tablighi Jamaat|Tabligi Jamaat]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind|Jamaate Islami]], by far biggest groupings are Sunnis and Mujahids.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

Kerala Muslims of the fundamentalist and puritanical views of [[Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab|Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab]] (1703-1792), Salafism of [[Rashid Rida]] (1865-1935), Islamic modernism of Muhammad Abduh (1819-1905),<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260250314_Muhammad_Abduh's_contributions_to_modernity#:~:text=His%20contribution%20to%20Islamic%20modernism,and%20Islamic%20ideals%20and%20tradition.</ref> pan-Islamism of [[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani|Jamaluddin Afghani]] (1939-1897), and the Tahreek e-Mujahideen in North India. The new ideologists first came out through the Kerala Muslim Aikya Sangham (group for unity among Kerala Muslims),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/6684725 | title=Kerala muslim aikya Sanghom | last1=Sharafudeen | first1=Shajeer }}</ref> which was founded at [[Kodungallur]] of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin State]] in 1922 by leaders like [[K. M. Seethi Sahib]], [[K. M. Maulavi]], and [[E. Moidu Moulavi|EK Moulavi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/thuhfathulthalibeen1940ekmoulavi | title=1940 - തുഹ്‌ഫത്തുത്താലിബീൻ | date=1940 }}</ref> It tried to bring the scattered and unorganised reformist activists together. Later, they formed an Ulama organisation, Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, at a two-day conference of Aikya Sangham held at [[Aluva]] in 1924,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/6684725 | title=Kerala muslim aikya Sanghom | last1=Sharafudeen | first1=Shajeer }}</ref> where a large number of scholars were invited. It is a fact that the outstanding members of the traditional Ulama did not openly reject the Kerala Jam’eyyat ul-Ulama at first. However, gradually, the platform of the organisation started to be utilised to attack the traditional Islam that was followed unopposed for centuries and which was nurtured under the guidance of eminent scholars headed by [[Zainuddin Makhdoom I]]. They declared a host of Islamic cultural traditions as [[Shirk (Islam)|Shirk]] and [[Bid'ah]] and alleged the centuries-old scholarly and intellectual tradition of Kerala Muslims with deviations and alterations.

===Samastha History 1924-2000s===

The Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama felt the need to organise to defend and protect Kerala’s Islamic tradition and to wage a revivalist movement against the new interpretations. [[Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.islamonweb.net/an-exploration-of-abdul-bari-musliyar-al-malaibaris-magnum-opus-kithabu-kitab-si%E1%B8%A5a%E1%B8%A5-al-shaikhain | title=An Exploration of Abdul Bari Musliyar al-Malaibari's Magnum Opus: Kithabu Kitāb Siḥāḥ al-Shaikhain | date=6 February 2024 }}</ref> who had already started counter campaigns against the ‘Wahhabi ideology’, along with some other scholars, met [[Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal]], who was a Sufi Sheikh, a renowned religious scholar, and a prominent figure of the Sayyed family, to discuss the need for an organisational movement to defend the true spirit of the religion. Tangal suggested convening a meeting of the eminent scholars to discuss the suitable solution. In 1925,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/2334442 | title=Samastha Kerala Jam'iathul Ulama: Defining Islamic discourses in Kerala through Ulama activism | last1=Pattasseri | first1=Noorudeen }}</ref> some major ulama and other society leaders gathered at Calicut Valiya Juma Masjid and formed an ulama organisation after prolonged and serious discussions. KP Muhammad Meeran Musliyar and Parol Hussain Moulawi<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.islamkavadam.com/prasthanam/pandithar/parol-hussain-moulavi | title=പാറോല്‍ ഹുസൈന്‍ മൗലവി }}</ref> were named the President and Secretary of the organisation, respectively. The newly formed Ulama organisation convened within a year many popular conferences, mainly at places where the new ideologists had received big attraction, and directed the masses to be aware of the leaders and followers of the ‘Bida’i sects’. They also travelled throughout the state to convey the message of the ulama organisation to maximum religious scholars who were living in the mosques or religious centres 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 Tangal. The convention reorganised the previously formed temporary organisation and adopted a full-fledged organisational set-up in the name of Samastha Kerala Jam’eyyat ul-Ulama. The convention nominated [[Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal]] as Samastha’s first president, while Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, Muhammed Abdul Bari Musliyar, KM Abdul Qadir Musliyar, and KP Muhammad Meeran Musliyar became vice presidents, and PV Muhammad Musliyar and PK Muhammad Musliyar became secretaries in the first committee.

==Formation==

The formation of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama was the response of the traditional to the conditions of post [[Malabar rebellion|1921 Malabar Rebellion]] period in which [[Islam in Kerala|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 [[Mishkal Mosque|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.

===Legal Registration===

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was formed on June 26, 1926 but it was officially registered on November 14, 1934,<ref>http://etd.lib.jnu.ac.in/TH13581.pdf</ref> 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. The registration Number is S1.1934/35<ref>https://www.mediaoneonline.com/pdf_upload/letterskju-to-cheif-ministerpallikalil-araadana-1229875.pdf</ref> at office of the Kozhikode district registrar

Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP faction), [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (EK faction)|Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama]] (EK faction), [[Dakshina Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama|Dakshina Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama]] and Kerala Samsthana Jem-iyyathul Ulama are different factions of Sunnis in [[Kerala]], while Dakshina Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama is the dominant group in the southern part of the state.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-07-04 |title=By revisiting unity talks, Sunni groups look to bury differences |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jul/04/by-revisiting-unity-talks-sunni-groups-look-to-bury-differences-2591117.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707121834/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jul/04/by-revisiting-unity-talks-sunni-groups-look-to-bury-differences-2591117.html |archive-date=2024-07-07 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Mushawara Council==

A forty-member 'mushawara' is the high command body of the Sunni council.<ref name="Naha">{{Cite news |last=Naha |first=Abdul Latheef |date=18 January 2018 |title=Sunni Factions to Bury the Hatchet |language= |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sunni-factions-to-bury-the-hatchet/article22466086.ece |access-date=23 August 2019 |issn=}}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite news |last=Alingal |first=Shafeeq |date=2018-01-07 |title=Kerala: League of Factions |work=The New Indian Express |location= |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611054152/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |archive-date=2020-06-11 |access-date= }}</ref> As of 2020, the president was [[Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal|Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal]].<ref name=":112">{{Cite web |last=Naha |first=Abdul Latheef |date=2018-01-03 |title=No action against Panakkad scions |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/samastha-goes-soft-on-panakkad-scions/article22360419.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606053100/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/samastha-goes-soft-on-panakkad-scions/article22360419.ece |archive-date=2020-06-06 |access-date= |website=The Hindu |location=}}</ref><ref name=":92">{{Cite news |date=3 June 2020 |title=Aradhanalayangal Thurakkanam: Samastha |work=Media One |url=https://www.mediaoneonline.com/kerala/2020/06/03/samstha-wants-masjid-open-news}}</ref>

== StructureIdeological difference ==

Samastha began in 1926 to counter [[Vakkom Moulavi]]'s Kerala Muslim Aikya Sangam<ref name=":1322">{{Cite news |last=Alingal |first=Shafeeq |date=2018-01-07 |title=Kerala: League of Factions |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611054152/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |archive-date=2020-06-11 |access-date= |work=The New Indian Express |location=}}</ref>—the precursor of [[Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen|KNM]] and the wider Mujahid movement. Only traditionalist Sunnis are called Sunnis in Kerala in contrast to the reformist ones. The four different factions of [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]] in [[Kerala]] have "almost the same ideology and beliefs". Haris Madani, a young scholar belonging to AP Sunnis, in 2022, said the difference between AP and EK Sunnis is purely organisational whereas [[Hussain Madavoor|Husain Madavoor]], a Mujahid leader, considers [[Fiqh|''fiqh'']] to be irrelevant.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8" />

* President — [[Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal|Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-03 |title=Resolution against Communism not with my consent: Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/iuml-malappuram-samastha-1.6326699 |website=Mathrubhumi English |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240129113120/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/iuml-malappuram-samastha-1.6326699 |archive-date= Jan 29, 2024 }}</ref>

== AP Sunnis' Samastha in their own words ==

* General Secretary — [[K. Ali Kutty Musliyar]]

=== Change of name ===

* Treasurer — P. P. Umer Musliyar

[[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|Kanthapuram]], a leader of AP Sunnis says Sunnis formed an organisation to counter the religious [[Bid'ah|reformists]] with the name Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama. But the reformist people had registered the same name. So Sunnis had to add the term "Samastha" to the name of the organisation at the conference held at Kozhikode Town Hall on 26 June 1926.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Musliyar |first=Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker |date=2024-06-26 |title=Samastha: legacy of a century |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/samasta-legacy-of-the-century.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720095416/https://www.sirajlive.com/samasta-legacy-of-the-century.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-20 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref>

===Reorganisation===

[[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|Kanthapuram]] further says Samastha was reorganised and went ahead with the interests Samastha had at the time of its formation, when there were attempts to join with the [[Bid'ah|reformists]] and deviate in Samastha around 1989. <ref name=":9" />

== Presidents =Success===

[[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar|Kanthapuram]] explains people unitedly supported Samastha after its formation. He also says after the reorganisation in 1989, the Samastha went ahead with strong force, with all policies and ideologies of Samastha all over [[India]] and outside.<ref name=":9" />

[[File:Varakkal Thangal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal|Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal]], Founding president of Samastha ]]

* [[Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal|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)

* [[Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal|Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal]] (2017–Present)

== Subsidiaries ==

[[File:Ssf flag (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[Sunni Students' Federation|Sunni Students Federation (SSF)]]]]

* Mahallu federation — Samastha Kerala Sunni Mahallu Federation (S. M. F.) [https://smfkerala.com/]

Samastha of AP Sunnis have several subsidiaries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Musliyar |first=Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker |date=2024-06-26 |title=Samastha: legacy of a century |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/samasta-legacy-of-the-century.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720095416/https://www.sirajlive.com/samasta-legacy-of-the-century.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-20 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thadathil |first=Hashim |date=2020 |title=Constructing Authenticity in Discourse(s): Debates among the Mappila Muslims of Malabar, South India |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27076308 |journal=Asian Journal of Social Science |volume=48 |issue=5/6 |pages=449–467 |doi=10.1163/15685314-04805007 |jstor=27076308 |issn=1568-4849}}</ref> They include:

* Educational board — Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board (S. K. I. M. V. B.) [https://samastha.info/]

* [[Muslim Jamaat|Kerala Muslim Jama'ath]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alingal |first=Shafeeq |date=2018-01-07 |title=Kerala: League of Factions |work=The New Indian Express |location= |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611054152/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/07/kerala-league-of-factions-1746566.html |archive-date=2020-06-11}}</ref>

* Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Muallimeen [http://skjmcc.com/]

* Sunni Management Association (SMA)

* Youth wing — Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.) [https://samastha.info/295/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810071642/https://samastha.info/295/ |date=10 August 2022 }}

* Educational board

* Student wing — [[Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation|Samastha Kerala Sunni Students' Federation (S. K. S. S. F)]] [https://skssf.in/]

* Children's wing —* Samastha Kerala Sunni Balavedhi (S. K. S. B.Vidhyabhyasa V.)Board [https://www.sksbv.in/]

** Islamic Educational Board of India (IEBI)

* Daily News (Newspaper) — ''[[Suprabhaatham]]'' [https://suprabhaatham.com/]

* Madrasa teachers' association – Sunni Jam-iyyathul Muallimeen (SJM)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samastha Kerala Sunni Jam-iyyathul Muallimeen |url=https://sjmindia.org/post/3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710025412/https://sjmindia.org/post/3 |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=sjmindia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Action plan against drugs through madrasas |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710072842/https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref>

* Youth wing – Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS)

* Student wing – [[Sunni Students' Federation|Sunni Students Federation (SSF)]]

*Jamiathul Hind

== Other entities of AP Sunnis ==

== [[100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala|100th Anniversary]]==

=== Organisations===

{{Main|100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala}}

* Scholarly bodies

[[Karnataka]] [[List of chief ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister]] [[Siddaramaiah]] inaugurated the Samastha's 100th anniversary declaration conference at [[Bengaluru]] Palace grounds 28 January 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Jan/29/siddaramaiah-praises-educational-activities-of-samastha | title=Siddaramaiah praises educational activities of Samastha | date=29 January 2024 }}</ref>Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama inaugurated the centenary celebrations in [[Bengaluru]].

** [[All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama]]<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-12-31 |title=Kanthapuram Samastha kicks off centenary celebrations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622160615/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kanthapuram-samastha-kicks-off-centenary-celebrations/article67692731.ece |archive-date=2024-06-22 |access-date=2024-07-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-21 |title=Kanthapuram A P Muhammad Musliar passes away at 72 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/Nov/21/kanthapuram-a-p-muhammad-musliar-passes-away-at-72-2520414.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710131924/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/Nov/21/kanthapuram-a-p-muhammad-musliar-passes-away-at-72-2520414.html |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ameerudheen |first=T. A. |date=2018-01-23 |title=Big deal: Merger of two factions of a Muslim group could realign political forces in Kerala |url=https://scroll.in/article/865455/big-deal-merger-of-two-factions-of-a-muslim-group-could-realign-political-forces-in-kerala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328212107/https://scroll.in/article/865455/big-deal-merger-of-two-factions-of-a-muslim-group-could-realign-political-forces-in-kerala |archive-date=2024-03-28 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-27 |title=Publish community representation data in key posts: Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musaliyar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/publish-community-representation-data-in-key-posts-kanthapuram-ap-aboobacker-musaliyar/articleshow/111302160.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710114612/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/publish-community-representation-data-in-key-posts-kanthapuram-ap-aboobacker-musaliyar/articleshow/111302160.cms |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2011-04-28 |title=Dubai Grand Mufti praises religious tolerance in India |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/375822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710121340/https://www.arabnews.com/node/375822 |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-06 |title=Kerala's Warring Sunni Groups Now in Tussle Over Appointment of First South Indian as Grand Mufti of Muslims |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/ek-faction-calls-appointment-of-ap-factions-musliyar-as-grand-mufti-a-farce-says-will-elect-a-new-one-2058557.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122090327/https://www.news18.com/news/india/ek-faction-calls-appointment-of-ap-factions-musliyar-as-grand-mufti-a-farce-says-will-elect-a-new-one-2058557.html |archive-date=2022-11-22 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Samastha will develop 10,000 model villages in three years, says Kanthapuram |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/12/31/samatha-kerala-jem-iyyathul-ulama-to-develop-10000-model-villages-says-kanthapuram.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710115538/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/12/31/samatha-kerala-jem-iyyathul-ulama-to-develop-10000-model-villages-says-kanthapuram.amp.html |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Samastha is a model of co-existence: Kanthapuram |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1095059&u=local-news-kozhikode |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715181809/https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1095059&u=local-news-kozhikode |archive-date=2024-07-15 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

==Affiliated organisations and Institutions==

* Children's wing

Organisations that are inspired by the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama's ideology refer to themselves as members of the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham and [[Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation]].

**Sunni Bala Sangham (SBS)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Action plan against drugs through madrasas |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710072842/https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thadathil |first=Hashim |date=2020 |title=Constructing Authenticity in Discourse(s): Debates among the Mappila Muslims of Malabar, South India |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27076308 |journal=Asian Journal of Social Science |volume=48 |issue=5/6 |pages=449–467 |doi=10.1163/15685314-04805007 |jstor=27076308 |issn=1568-4849}}</ref>

[[File:Jamia Nooriya Arabiya Main Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College]]]]

==Footnotes==

=== Periodicals ===

{{notelist}}

* [[Siraj Daily|''Siraj'']]

===Institutions===

* ''Risala''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Risala weekly |url=https://ssfkerala.org/risala/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708203952/https://ssfkerala.org/risala/ |archive-date=2024-07-08 |access-date=2024-07-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-29 |title=Muslims in India have more religious freedom: Sunni leader |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jan/29/muslims-in-india-have-more-religious-freedom-sunni-leader-2542318.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131005828/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jan/29/muslims-in-india-have-more-religious-freedom-sunni-leader-2542318.html |archive-date=2023-01-31 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

*[[Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College]]

* ''Sunni Voice''<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Sunni Voice campaign activities to begin on sixth |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/2013/11/05/65482.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708204943/https://www.sirajlive.com/2013/11/05/65482.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-08 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About us – SUNNIVOICE |date=21 August 2013 |url=https://sunnivoice.net/about-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627061941/https://sunnivoice.net/about-us/?amp=1 |archive-date=2024-06-27 |access-date=2024-07-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

*[[Alathurpadi Dars]]

* ''Kusumam''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samastha Kerala Sunni Jam-iyyathul Muallimeen |url=https://sjmindia.org/#collapse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502070553/https://sjmindia.org/#collapse |archive-date=2024-05-02 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=sjmindia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Action plan against drugs through madrasas |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710072842/https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref>

*[[Shamsul Ulama Islamic Academy]]

* ''Sunnath''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samastha Kerala Sunni Jam-iyyathul Muallimeen |url=https://sjmindia.org/#collapse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502070553/https://sjmindia.org/#collapse |archive-date=2024-05-02 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=sjmindia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Action plan against drugs through madrasas |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710072842/https://www.sirajlive.com/action-plan-against-drunkenness-by-madrasahs.html?s |archive-date=2024-07-10 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sirajlive.com |language=ml}}</ref>

*[[Darul Huda Islamic University]]

=== Notable institutions ===

*[[Bafakhy Yatheemkhana]]

*[[Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya]]

*[[Tirurangadi Muslim Orphanage]]

*[[Markaz Knowledge City]]

*[[Ma'din|Ma'din Academy]]

== See also ==

* [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama]]

* [[All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama]]

* [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]]

* [[Sunni Students' Federation]]

* [[Muslim jamaat|Kerala Muslim Jamaat]]

== Notes ==

{{Reflist|group=Note}}

== References ==