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, India. He serves as President, Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema, the body of

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scholars in northern Kerala. He succeeded Kumaramputhur A. P. Muhammed Musliyar as the president of the Samastha in 2016.

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20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Malayali people Indian Islamic religious leaders People from Malappuram district People from Kasaragod district Shafi'is Indian Sunni Muslims 1957 births Living people Kerala Sunni-Shafi'i scholars {{Islamic-scholar-stub