| E.K. Aboobacker Musliar | |
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E.K. Aboobacker Musliar |
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| Born | Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikkode, Kerala state, India. |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | "Sun Among the Scholars" ("Shams-ul-Ulama") |
| Occupation | Religious Leader of E. K. Sunnis, former General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama. |
| Religion | Islam |
E.K. Aboobacker Musliar (1914–1996) was a Sunni Muslim scholar and religious leader from Paramblikadavu, near Kozhikkode, Kerala state, South India. E. K. Sunni, the largest Muslim (Mappila) faction in Kerala in terms of number of followers, is named after E.K. Aboobacker Musliar.[1]
He was often referred as the "Sun Among the Scholars" ("Shams-ul-Ulama") and he led the largest religious organisation of Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala as the General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama for 40 years, until his death in 1996.[2]