Arabic Colleges in

southern India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...

refer to the educational institutes of higher Islamic learning. They are sometimes also known as Oriental Title Colleges in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, and they are the near equivalent of north Indian

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

s.OSELLA, FILIPPO, and CAROLINE OSELLA. “Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India.” ''Modern Asian Studies'', vol. 42, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 317–346., doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003198. Graduates from Arabic Colleges can sit privately for the state recognized "Afzal-ul-Ulama" credential, which qualifies them to serve as

Arabic Language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

teachers in state educational institutions. A

in Kerala is an extra-curricular institution where children receive basic

Islamic education Islamic education may refer to: *Islamic studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theolo ...

. There are mainly two types of Arabic Colleges in Kerala—the 'traditionalist'

Shafi'ite The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by ...

Arabic Colleges and the Salafi Movement-inspired Colleges.Miller, Roland E. (2015). ''Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity''. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. p. 215-16. Most of the colleges come under the first category. Arabic Colleges (based on funding and affiliation) * Government Grant Aided & State University Affiliated Arabic Colleges (Oriental Title Colleges) * Unaided & State University Affiliated Arabic Colleges * Unaided & Non-affiliated Arabic Colleges

Programmes offered

Source
Government of KeralaUniversity of Calicut
In Government Grant Aided Arabic Colleges affiliated to State Universities

Higher Secondary level

* Afzal-ul-Ulama Preliminary

Undergraduate Degree level (Bachelor of Arts or Commerce)

* Afzal-ul-Ulama * Functional Arabic . *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

with

Islamic Finance Islamic banking, Islamic finance ( ar, مصرفية إسلامية), or Sharia-compliant finance is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economic ...

* English with Islamic History *

Post Graduate level (Master of Arts)

* Post Afzal-ul-Ulama *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

Government Aided Arabic Colleges (Oriental Title Colleges)

Source
Government of KeralaUniversity of Calicut

Unaided and Non-affiliated Arabic Colleges

Source
University of Kerala (doctoral thesis, 2011)
* Al Jamia, Santhapuram, Malappuram *

Markazu Al Saqafathu Sunniyya Jamia Markaz (also called Markaz or Sunni Markaz) is an Islamic University running under the Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya at Kozhikode in Kerala, India. The Markaz is located east of Kozhikode city. The foundation stone was laid by the Saudi ...

, Karanthur, Kozhikode * Darul Huda Islamic University, Chemmad, Malappuram *

Jamia Nooriyya Arabiyya Jami'a Nooriyya is an Arabic College, or an educational institute of higher religious learning, the equivalent of north Indian madrasa, located at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 1963 by Samastha ...

, Pattikkad, Malappuram * Jamia Nadviyya, Edavananna, Malappuram * Ilahiyya College, Thirurkad, Malappuram * Islahiya College, Chennamangaloor, Kozhikkode * Jamia Salafiyya, Pulikkal, Malppuram * Islamiyya College, Vadanappally, Trichur

References

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