Saturday, 31 January 2015
Friday, 30 January 2015
Ullal Thangal
Ullal Thangal (Sayd Abdur-rahman Kunhikkoya Thangal, 1920 - 1 February 2014)[1][2] was a Sunni Muslim scholar from the Indian state of Kerala, South India.[3] He was the President of Samastha Kerala Sunni Jam'iyyathul Ulama (Kanthapuram), the organization of scholars and clerics under the Sunni faction of Muslims of Kerala. Known as the Crown Among the Clerics ("Taj-ul Ulama"), Ullal Thangal was a prominent member of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama before the split of the Sunnis in 1989.
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar (Arab world known as: Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad (شيخ ابوبكر أحمد)), (born on 22 March 1939) is the leader and scholar of one of the traditionalist Sunni (sufi) Muslims (shafi) in Kerala, India. Usthad Shaikh Aboobackar bin Ahmad is the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association 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, Jamiat Ulema (Kerala)Kanthapuram is a scholar, orator, writer, organizer, educationist and fore-fighter of social revivalism.
He was named among "500 Most Influential Muslims in the world" in 2009 and 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Best Social Worker Award by Darul Islam Academy Ras Al Khaima, UAE, 1992.
Indian Islamic Centre Award for the Best Social, Cultural and Educational Service, 2000.
Hamil Al Gaith International Holy Quran Award Abu Dhabi, 2005.
Indo-Arab Islamic Personality Award, U.A.E, 2006.
Anjuman Hafiz-i-Bukhari Award U.P (Best Indian Hadith Scholar)
Islamic Heritage Award, Jeddah, KSA, 2009.
H.H Sree Chithira Thirunal Maharaja Award (India), 2009.
Shaikh Muhyiddeen Abdul Kadir Jeelani Award (Tamil Nadu), 2009.
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