Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar

Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar (شيخ ابوبكر أحمد)
Secretary-General of the All India Sunni
Jam-Iyyathul Ulema
Personal details
Born (1939-03-22) 22 March 1939
Kanthapuram, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India.
Nationality Indian
Spouse(s) Zainab
Children Abdul Hakeem Azhari
Maymoona
Hafsa
Sakeena
Rayhana
Najma
Firdousi
Residence Kanthapuram near Poonoor Kozhikode District
Alma mater Baqiyathu Swalihath Arabic College
Occupation Chancellor of Jamia Markaz
Known for Islamic Scholar & Social Leader- Educational and Humanitarian activist
Religion Sunni Muslim (Barelvi)
Website

Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar (Malayalam: [കാന്തപുരം എ.പി. അബൂബക്കര്‍ മുസ്ലിയാര്‍], (Arab world known as: Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad (Arabic: [شيخ ابوبكر أحمد]), born 22 March 1939) is the leader and scholar of the traditionalist Sunni Muslims in Kerala, India. Usthad Shaikh Aboobackar bin Ahmad is the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association (All India Sunni Jam-Iyyathul Ulema) and founder and Chancellor of Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya (Sunni Cultural Centre), Karanthur, Kozhikode, Kerala. He is also chief patron of the Sunni Youth Society and General Secretary,Samastha Kerala Jamiat Ulema (Kerala)[1][2][3] Kanthapuram is a scholar, orator, writer, organizer, educationist and fore-fighter of social revivalism.[4] Over the years Kanthapuram has expressed very conservative views on women's liberties.[5] Kanthapuram was 10th accused in Chekannur Maulavi murder case, he was acquitted by the Kerala HC.[6] Kanthapuram is a Barelvi.[7]

Stance against ISIS

Kanthapuram is the one of the notable muslim scholar[8] responded against ISIS.[9][10] He said :""The Muslim world is in dire need to take cognizance of the threats posed by the anti-Islamic outfits. The militant groups among Muslims are causing harm to Islam in the false garb of Islamists. Any support or endorsement to the extremist and terrorist organizations goes completely against the Islamic sharia," [11][12]

Books

As a writer in Arabic,English ,Urdu and Malayalam in the leading journals, Kanthapuram has authored many scholarly books. He is well conversant in Arabic, English, Urdu, Tamil and Malayalam.

Awards and Honors

Remarks on women

Kanthapuram had received press coverage for his views on Islamic Sharia in issues of women's liberties and gender equality. He had supported lowering the minimum legal age for marriage for Muslim women under Indian law.[15] A group of Muslim women burned his effigy for his comments in support of reducing the legal marriage age for Muslim women.[16] In a recent interview given to Mathrubhumi Weekly, Kanthapuram defended polygyny and argued that 'women should travel only if it was unavoidable. Even then, these journeys must be for purposes ratified by Islam.' [5]

Chekannoor Maulavi murder case

PKM Abdul Hassan, popularly known as Chekannur Maulavi, was a progressive Islamic cleric from Kerala, went missing on July 29, 1993.[17] According to his wife Howah Umma, he left his home to deliver a speech on the invitation of two unidentified people in a vehicle that did not have a number plate. Following a complaint by his wife and uncle Salim Haji, an investigation was launched that also drew considerable public attention. The CBI took over the case in 1996. According to CBI charge sheet, Chekannoor was abducted and murdered. Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar was added as the 10th accused in the Chekannur Moulavi murder case.[18] Special CBI Judge Kamal B. Pasha arraigned Kanthapuram as an accused in the case in 2005. But the Kerala High Court quashed the order against him. Chekannoor's family family approached the Supreme Court with the special CBI judge's observation, but the plea was not admitted.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The 500 Most Influential Muslims : 2011" (PDF). Gwu.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. ↑ "HRD panel to oversee RTE rollout". The Times Of India. 26 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Updated Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:27 AM IST (2013-11-13). "Home | Muslim |". Manorama Online. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  4. ↑ "The Leader". Kanthapuram. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Education doesn't mean women should have more freedoms: Kerala Muslim leader".
  6. 1 2 "One convicted in Chekannur Moulavi murder case". Sify.
  7. ↑ The Middle East Media Research Institute: "Leading Barelvi Cleric From India's Kerala State: 'Gender Equality Is... Against Islam'; 'Women... Are Fit Only To Deliver Children'" January 18, 2016
  8. ↑ "Muslim cleric in Kerala issues fatwa against ISIS, other terrorist organizations - Israel Messenger". israelsmessenger.com.
  9. ↑ saf. "A P Aboobacker Musliyar calls for boycott of ISIS, other terrorist organisations". Coastaldigest.com.
  10. ↑ "Ruthless activities of IS 'against Islamic principles'". arabnews.com.
  11. ↑ "A P Aboobacker Musliyar calls for boycott of ISIS, other terrorist organisations". madhyamam.com.
  12. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Kanthapuram calls IS enemy of Islam". The Hindu.
  13. ↑ "Award for Kanthapuram". The Hindu.
  14. ↑ http://markazonline.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/profile-ustad.pdf
  15. ↑ "UDF's about turn on Muslim marriage age". The New Indian Express. leader of AP faction of Muslims Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar said girls should be married off at 16 to “maintain morality”.
  16. ↑ S.R. Praveen. "Muslim women protest stand of religious leaders". The Hindu.
  17. ↑ "One found guilty in Maulavi murder case".
  18. ↑ "The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Moulavi murder case: Court orders trial of Kanthapuram".

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