K. Ali Kutty Musliyar Explained

K. Ali Kutty
Office:	General Secretary Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama
Predecessor:	Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar
Office1:	Principal Jami'a Nooriya Arabic College
Birth Place:	Thirurkad, Perintalmanna (now Malappuram District, Kerala)
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Islamic scholar
Education:	Post Graduation (Islamic Studies)
Honorific Suffix:	Musliyar
Alma Mater:	Jami'a Nooriya Arabic College

K. Ali Kutty (born 1945), title Musliyar, is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, southern India. As of 2022 he was General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern Kerala^{[1] [2]} and as of 2014 he was Principal, Jami'ya Nooriya Arabic College, Perinthalmanna (2003–present) and President, Ponnani Maunathul Islam Arabic College.

Life and career

Ali Kutty Musliyar was born in 1945.^[3] He completed his Post Graduate degree in Islamic Studies from Jami'ya Nooriya Arabic College, Perinthalmanna in 1968 (Moulavi Fazil Faizi).^[4]

He was appointed qadi of the village of Thirurkad in 1965.

Career

In 1970, Ali Kutty Musliyar became the Perintalmanna Taluk General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and in 1976 Malappuram District Joint Secretary of the Samastha. In 1986 he was inducted to the mushavara of the Samastha and in 1991 he became General Secretary, Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.). In 1979 he started teaching at Jami'ya Nooriya (Arabic Literature till 1991 and the Fiqh from 1991) and was appointed as the Principal in 2003.^[5]

As of 2022 he was the General Secretary, Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama.

Positions

• Member, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (from 2008)
• Vice President, Sunni Mahallu Federation (S. M. F.)
• Vice President, Samastha Kerala Matha Vidyabhyasa Board (from 2009)
• Kasaragod Qadi (from 2013)^[6]
• Member, International Fiqh Council, under Muslim World League^[7]
• Controller of Examinations, Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC-Wafy), Kerala^[8]
• General Secretary, Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (1992 - 2016)
• Khatib and Qadi, Thirurkad Mahallu (from 1965)^[9]

Educational institutions

• President, Ponnani Maunathul Islam Arabic College (from 2000)^[10]
• Vice President, Kerala State Muslim Orphanage Coordination Committee (from 2004)
• General Secretary, Vettattoor Anvarul Huda Islamic Complex
• Vice President, Thirurkad Anvarul Huda Islamic Complex
• General Secretary, Anvarul Huda Islamic Complex
• General Manager, Anvarul Islam Institution, Thiroorkad, Kerala (from 1970)
• President, Vadakara Hujjathul Islam Arabic College (from 2005)

Chairman

• Haj Committee of Kerala (2003 - 2006)^[11]
• Vice chairman, Haj Committee of India (2006–09)^[12]

Publications

• Vice Chairman, Suprabhaatham daily (from 2014)^[13]
• Sunni Afkar (from 2005)
• Al-Muallim monthly (from 2009)
• Al-Noor monthly, in Arabic (from 2009)^[14]
• Muslim Lokam Year Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: K. Ali Kutty Musliyar . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055602/http://www.jamianooriya.org/adminisrtation.php. 22 February 2014. Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College.
2. News: 1 May 2022 . Shawwal Crescent Not Sighted, Kerala to Celebrate Eid on Tuesday . Malayala Manorama . 18 June 2022 . 2 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220502061628/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/05/01/kerala-to-celebrate-eid-monday.html . live .
3. Web site: Magazine Editor . Al-Noor Magazine . 31 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331035947/http://annoormagazine.yolasite.com/prof-k-alikutty-musliyar.php . dead .
4. Web site: K. Ali Kutty Musliyar . Jamia Nooriya Arabiyya . 10 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181110104139/http://www.jamianooriya.org/faculties/ . dead .
5. Web site: K. Ali Kutty Musliyar . Al-Noor Magazine . 21 February 2017 . 31 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331035947/http://annoormagazine.yolasite.com/prof-k-alikutty-musliyar.php . dead .
6. Web site: Bovikan . Fayaz . 23 October 2013 . Prof. Alikutty Musliyar Appointed Qazi by United Jama'at . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055433/http://www.mangalorean.com/specials/specialnews.php?newsid=426619&newstype=local. 23 October 2013. Mangalorean.
7. Web site: 23 December 2015 . Dr. Turkey receives the Sheikh of Jamia Nooriya in Kerala . Muslim World League .
8. Web site: Co-ordination of Islamic Colleges . Wafy CIC . https://web.archive.org/web/20190314232107/http://www.wafycic.com/administration.php . 14 March 2019 . dead.
9. Web site: Magazine Editor . Al-Noor Magazine . 31 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331035947/http://annoormagazine.yolasite.com/prof-k-alikutty-musliyar.php . dead .
10. Web site: Maunathul-Islam Association Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061219/http://maunathulislamsabhaponnani.com/committee. 23 October 2013. Maunathul-Islam Sabha Ponnani.
11. Web site: Faculties Jamia Nooriya . Jamia Nooriya . 10 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181110104139/http://www.jamianooriya.org/faculties/ . dead .
12. Web site: United News of India . 2006-09-21 . Haj Committee Re-constituted . One India . 21 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010932/http://www.oneindia.com/2006/09/21/haj-committee-re-constituted-1158847766.html . live .
13. Web site: Suprabhaatham . Suprabhaatham Daily . 14 December 2016 . 22 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053023/http://suprabhaatham.com/about-us . live .
14. Web site: Al-Noor Magazine Editorial Board . Al-Noor Magazine . 25 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325181444/https://annoormagazine.yolasite.com/editorial-board.php . dead .