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Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar |
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| Born | March 22, 1939 Kanthapuram, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India. |
| Occupation | Religious Leader of A. P. Sunnis, General Secretary, All India Sunni Jam-Iyyathul Ulema. |
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Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar (Malayalam: കാന്തപുരം എ.പി. അബൂബക്കര് മുസ്ലിയാര്, born Aboobacker Ahmed) is the leader of one of the traditionalist Sunni factions of Muslims in Kerala state, India called A. P. Sunnis and is one of the most famous Muslim personalities in Kerala. Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar is known for his expediency, which was not known among the Muslim scholars of Kerala.[1]
He is presently the General Secretary of All-India Jamiyyathul Ulama, the organisation Muslim scholars and clerics under A. P. Sunnis[2] and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (Kanthapuram). Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar is also the General Secretary and Principal of Karanthur Markaz, a charitable and educational institution in Karanthur, Calicut, Kerala.[3] He was appointed as a member of the NAC for the implementation of the RTÉ act in 2010.[4][5]
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Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musaliyar Alias Shaykh Abu Bakr Ahmad Malibari came to prominence in late 1980s when he found the prestigious educational complex, Makazus Saqafathi Sunniyyah,at Karanthur,Kozhikode(Calicut),Kearala,India.He was the Joint Secretary to the 40-member supreme council of traditional Sunni scholars in Kerala,named as Samasta Kerala Jam'yathul Ulama.
Known in Kerala as Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar, the first part of the name 'Kanthapuram' comes from the name of his village, Kanthapuram situated in the Kozhikode District of Kerala. The initials A. P., by which he is better known among the traditionalist Muslims of Kerala, stands for his family name 'Alangam Poyil'. Musaliyar is a usual suffix in Kerala attributed to a religious scholar in the Muslim community.
Born in Kanthapuram, a village in the Kozhikode District of Kerala, on 22 March 1939, Kanthapuram hails from a mediocre peasant family, 'Alangam Poyil'. His father, Mouthariyil Ahmed Haji, was very pious and so was his mother, Kunheema Hajjumma, who was the daughter of Kuttoosa Molla, a teacher of Quran in the locality of Mangad, where reaches the family routes of his father too. He has two brothers and three sisters. His father died when he was twelve. Zainab is the wife and he has six children, namely, A.P. Abdul Hakeem Azhari, Maymoona, Hafsa, Sakeena, Rayhana, and Najma Firdousi. C. Muhammed Faizee, Abdul Bari Musliyar, Muhmmed Koya Saqafi and Obeidullah Saqafi are his inlaws.
He completed his elementary studies from A.M.L.P. School of Kanathapuram, where both Islamic and public instruction system coexisted. Later he completed his higher Elementary education.
Kanthapuram completed his course in Qur'an studies from Vennakkode Abdulla Musliyar, who was a scholar and qari'a, (one who recites Quran phonetically). He persuaded his studies in the Darses (the form of schools exist in mosques for religious and spiritual education) of Kanthapuram, Vavad, Kolikkal, Chaliyam and Thalakkadathur. He was awarded the degree of Moulavi Fadhil Baqavi from the renowned Islamic study centre of Madrasa Al-Baqiyathus Salihath , Vellore, in 1963. Sheikh Hassan Hazrath, Muhammed Abubakkar Hazrath, O.K. Zainudheen Kutty Musliyar, Puthoor Abdulla Musliyar, Kizhakoth Abdul Hameed Musliyar, Vavad Pocker Kutty Musliyar, Kuttikkattor Bichali Musliyar are some of his famous teachers in different institutions and disciplines.
Starting his career as a Mudarris, (Principal of Dars) at the Juma Masjid of Mangad (Elettil), in 1964, he served the same in Kolikkal Juma Masjid between 1970–76 and in Kanthapuram Juma Masjid during 1976 to 1981. In 1978, he among other prominent leaders, founded the Markazu-Ssaquafathi-Ssunniyyah or the Sunni Cultural Centre, at Karanthur, near Calicut. Since 1981 he is the chief instructor at the Markaz Shariath College.
Since Islam reached Malabar as early as 7th century it had almost mixed with the culture and traditions of Keralites. So, ultimately the Islahi Movement in Kerala, part of the guiding agency of the traditional faith the community, resulted in the division of Mappilas as "Sunnis(with out sunna)" (more deviated sect than the other) and "Salafis" in 1925.The Shia branch is almost absent amongst the Muslims of Kerala.
Now kanthapuram leads the Sunni faction in Kerala.He also has been a magnificent figure in international level.He now runs Jamia markazussaqafathissunniya,one of the most prominent Islamic universities in Asian continent.He is now the general secretary of All India jamiyyathul ulama.
kanthapuram wrote about 100 books In Arabic
(اظهار الفرح والسرور بميلاد النبي المبرور)
(فيضان المسلسلات في بيان الاجازة المتداولة)
(البراهين القطعة في الرد على القاديانية)
In Local language (Malayalam)
And He Visited All GCC Countries
International heads of states like President Husni Mubarack of Egypt, Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Late King Hussain of Jordan, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zaed Al Nahyan of UAE, Present UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Shaikh Hasan VI of Morocco Prince Muhammad bin Naif [7]
The Prime Ministers of India namely, Atal Bihari Vajpeyi, Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao, V.P.Singh , Deve Gowda & Dr. Manmohan Singh and Chief Ministers of different states and cabinet ministers.
Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar has confirmed and announced a policy of "helping those who help us" to support any political party.[8] In recent years his role in Parliament and assembly election was noted by almost every politician in Kerala, .[9] It's important to note that, the traditional rivals of the A. P. Sunnis and Kanthapuram, the E. K. Sunnis, always supported the Indian Union Muslim League in the United Democratic Front (India).
Kanthapuram A.P. Abubackker Musaliar is often associated with the disappearance of Chekannur Maulavi.[10] Chekannur Moulavi was a progressive Islamic cleric who lived in Edappal in Malappuram district of Kerala. He was noted for his controversial and unconventional interpretation of Islam based on Quran and Hadeeth.[11] He disappeared on 29 July 1993 under mysterious circumstances and is now widely believed to be killed.
According to A. P. Sunnis, India's largest mosque is being built in Kozhikkode under the patronage of Kanthapuram.[12] He claims to have the Muhammed's hair, but the rival Sunni outfit, the E. K. Sunnis, has contested this and demanded proof. Addressing a press conference in Kozhikode, secretary of the Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF), Onamballi Mohammed Faizi, and secretary of Sunni Yuvajana Sangham, Abdul Hamid Faizi Ambalakkadavu, dubbed Kanthapuram's claim that he was in possession of a " holy relic" as "false".[13] But, Kanthapuram clarified that the Markaz was safekeeping the “holy hair” not to worship, but as a mark of respect to the “beloved Prophet.” [14]
According to him, it was Shaikh Ahmad Al Khazraji, son of Shaikh Muhammed Al Khazraji, former Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, United Arab Emirates, who had handed over one of the “holy hair” to Markaz during its last annual convocation conference in January 2011.[15]