Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP Sunnis)

Traditionally Muslims of Kerala are Sunnis, predominantly Shafi'is where around two-thirds of the Muslim population is AP and EK Sunnis, respective Samasthas of which emerged in 1989 due to disagreement in Samastha. The reformist Mujahids, belonging to the Salafi movement, make up around 10 percent of the total Muslim population of Kerala. Though there is presence of groups like Tabligi Jamaat and Jamaate Islami, by far the biggest groupings are Sunnis and Mujahids. == Ideological difference ==

Samastha began in 1926 to counter Vakkom Moulavi's Kerala Muslim Aikya Sangam—the precursor of KNM and the wider Mujahid movement. Only traditionalist Sunnis are called Sunnis in Kerala in contrast to the reformist ones. The four different factions of Sunnis in Kerala have "almost the same ideology and beliefs". Haris Madani, a young scholar belonging to AP Sunnis, in 2022, said the difference between AP and EK Sunnis is purely organisational whereas Husain Madavoor, a Mujahid leader, considers fiqh to be irrelevant. == Samastha in AP Sunnis' words ==

Change of name Kanthapuram, a leader of AP Sunnis says Sunnis formed an organisation to counter the religious reformists with the name Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama. But the reformist people had registered the same name. So Sunnis had to add the term "Samastha" to the name of the organisation at the conference held at Kozhikode Town Hall on 26 June 1926. Flag According to AP Sunnis, Samastha for the first time adopted the Samastha's flag on 29 December 1963, at a meeting of Samastha held at the Thalankara Malik Dinar Valiya Jumuath Mosque in Kasaragod. The flag was adopted with minor modification including the removal of the script from the flag that was then in use by the All India Sunni Jem-iyyathul Ulama. Reorganisation Kanthapuram further says Samastha was reorganised and went ahead with the interests Samastha had at the time of its formation, when there were attempts to join with the reformists and deviate in Samastha around 1989. Success Kanthapuram explains people unitedly supported Samastha after its formation. He also says after the reorganisation in 1989, the Samastha went ahead with strong force, with all policies and ideologies of Samastha all over India and outside. == Affiliated entities ==

Samastha of AP Sunnis have several affiliated entities. They include: • Kerala Muslim Jama'ath • Youth wing – Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS) • Student wing – Sunni Students' Federation (SSF) • Jamiathul Hind == Other entities of AP Sunnis ==

Organisations • Scholarly body • All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama • Sunni Voice • Kusumam Notable institutions • Jamia sa-adiya • Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya • Markaz Knowledge City • Ma'din Academy • Jamia ihyaussunna • Markazul Hidaya Kombam == See also ==