Formation | 1926 |
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Founder | Sayyid Abdul Rahman ba-Alavi Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal |
Type | Sunni- Shafi'i scholarly council |
Headquarters | Samasthalayam, Chelari |
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Region served | India, GCC |
General Secretary | Sheikhul jamia K. Ali Kutty Musliyar |
President | Sayyidul Ulama Sayed Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal |
Subsidiaries | SKIMVB, SYS, SKJM, SKSSF, SKSBV, SMF, SKJMCC, SKJQ |
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Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama is the principal Sunni- Shafi'i Muslim scholarly body in Kerala. [1] [2] [3] 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. [1]
A forty-member 'mushawara' is the high command body of the Sunni council. [4] [5] As of 2020 the president was Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal. [6] [7]
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the Samastha's 100th anniversary of function at Bengaluru Palace grounds 28 January 2024 [9] Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema inaugurated the declaration of the centenary celebrations of Samastha in Bengaluru