Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad

Sheikh Abubacker Ahmad is Secretary-General of the Calicut-based Sunni Cultural Center (Markaz). He is also known as Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar. He has brought a renaissance in the South Indian Muslim lives, especially among the traditional Sunnis of the Kerala.Dubious|date=March 2008 He has opened a largest, charity educational institution in the Karanthur, Calicut Kerala.Fact|date=January 2008

Education

General: Completed primary education from AMLP School, Kanthapuram later finished Elementary Education.

Islamic:
* Primary Education and Holy Quran from the local Madrasa.

* Higher education from the Religious Schools in Vavadu, Thalakkadathur and Chaliyam.

* Moulavi Fazil Baquavi Degree (Bachelor Degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic) from the Jamia Baquiyatu Salihat, Vellore Tamil Nadu, India.Languages known:Arabic, Malayalam, Urdu and Tamil

Books & Literary works

In Arabic
* Ismathul Anbiya (عصمة الانبياء)
* Assiyasathul Islamiyya ((السياسة الإسلامية
* Al Vahdathul Islamiyya (الوحدة الإسلامية)
* Al Ithibau wal Ibthidau (الاتباع والابتداع)
* Riyadhu Thalibeen (رياض الطالبين)
* Idharul Farah Wassuroor bi Meeladi Nnabiyyil Mabroor

(اظهارالفرح والسرور بميلاد النبي المبرور)

* Almoulidu Rraviyy (المولد الروي)
* Tha'adeemul Akabir wahthiramu Sha'air (تعظيم الأكابر واحترام الشعائر)
* Faidanul Muslsalath Fee Bayanil Ijazah Al Muthadavilah

(فيضان المسلسلات في بيان الاجازة المتداولة)
*Tariqathu thasawwuf (طريقة التصوف)
*Al Barahin ul Qat’iyyah fir Raddi Alal Qadiyaniyyah

(البرايهين القطعة في الرد على القاديانية)Adillathu Salatit Tarawih (أدلة صلاة التراويح)
*Eesal ut Tawab Li Inqaz il Mayyiti Min al Eqab (ايصال الثوب لإنقاذ الميت من العقاب) "In Local language (Malayalam)"
*Islam and Qadiyanism
* Women and Prayer
* A Complete study about Ahle Sunnah
* Tolerance in Islam
* The Hajj
* Thoughts of the Muslim World
* The Group Prayer after Namaz
* A Comprehensive Study about the Spirituality in Islam.
* Also a columnist in current Arabic and Malayalam periodicals

Controversies

Kanthapuram was known to hold a position that women must not go to mosques and women must not share stages or workplaces where she may be in contact with other men.Fact|date=January 2008.However, lately he had lead prayer in Sheikh Syed Binsulthan Assani Mosque in Abu Dhabi where women also participated. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/19/stories/2005101910720300.htm 'Kanthapuram's stand welcomed'] ]

Kanthapuram was the 10th accused in the murder case of progressive Islamic cleric Chekannur Maulavi. The murder has created a big uproar at state and national level. Kanthapuram was included as an accused by Special CBI Judge Kamal B. Pasha. But he got the order quashed from the Kerala High Court. Plaintiff Mr. Salim Haji who is the uncle of the murdered cleric, claims that the real culprits are still scot-free and charge sheet was flawed to allow the murderers to escape. [ [http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=707290348&cat=&n_date=20070729 | 'CBI probe'] ]

Seminars and conferences attended

* National and International seminars conducted in different states of India

* Presided over various Islamic conferences conducted all over India according to different occasions.

* He has been attending in the International Islamic Conference held by Islamic Supreme Council of The Arab Republic of Egypt almost every year since 1990.

* In the year 1996 he Attended the First International Unity Conference held in Los Angeles, U.S.A and delivered a lecture on Religious Harmony in India.

* In the same year he attended an International Seminar held in British Columbia, Canada.

* In the year 1998 he attended the Second Islamic Unity Conference held in Washington D.C, U.S.A.

* In the Year 1999 Sheikh participated in the Inaugural ceremony of Masjid Abee Ubaidah Al Jarrah in Jordan and the Seminar on Importance of Prophetic Teachings.

* In the year 2000 he attended in the International Islamic Conference held in Sri Lanka

* In the Year 2001 he attended in the Islamic Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

* In the year 2003 he attended the International Fiqh Seminar, held in Johannesburg, South Africa

* In the year 2004 he attended the Hasanyya lectures conducted in Morocco by His Majesty the King of Morocco.

Award and Facilitations:

* Award for the best social worker in the world by Darul Islam academy Rasal Khaima, UAE in 1992.

* Indian Islamic Centre Award 2000 for the best social cultural and educational worker in India.

* International Islamic Personality Award by Indo Arab Foundation UAE in 2006.

As an Educational Revolutionary

He is the mastermind behind the great success of Markazu Ssaquafati Ssunniyya established in 1978 which accommodates 15000 students under its various faculties. He is the founder of hundreds of institutes.Fact|date=June 2008 He controls and directs more than 300 associated educational, religious institutions and more than 10000 madrasas (Class 1-10) growing with amazing pace following the footsteps of its parent organisation.Fact|date=June 2008

As a dynamic leader he holds the following post of

* Advisory Member of the Islamic Supreme Council of America

* Corresponding Member of the Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan.

* General Secretary of Mrkazu Saquafati Sunniyya

* General Secretary of All India Muslim Scholars Organisation

* Treasurer Islamic Educational Board of India

* Secretary of Kerala State Sunni Jamiyyatul Ulama

* Chairman of the Supreme Council, Sunni Youth Organization of Kerala

* Chief Qadhi of Calicut District Muslim Jama’at

* Chief Qadhi of Wayanad District Muslim Jama’at

* Chairman of different Muslim seminaries in Kerala.

* Chairman of the Executive of about 1500 Islamic Educational complexes in India.

Academic Positions

* Raeesu Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya al Islamiyya Karanthur, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
* Manager Markaz Higher Secondary School, Karanthur
* Manager Al Farooqiyya High School Cheranallur, Ernakulam
* Manager Fathimabi High School Koompara, Kozhikode
* President, Muhimmathul Muslimeen Education Center, Kasaragod, Kerala, India

Journalism

* Managing Director, Siraj Daily News Paper Published from Kozhikode in Malayalam language.
* Publisher, Sunni Voice Fortnightly Published from Kozhikode in Malayalam.
* Presiding Editor, Assaqafa Arabic Monthly Published from Kozhikode.

He called on

International heads of states like President Husni Mubarack of Egypt, Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Late King Hussain of Jordan, Shaikh Khalifa bin Zaed Al Nahyan of UAE and Shaikh Hasan VI of Morocco etc.

The Prime Ministers of India namely, Atal Bihari Vajpeyi, Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao, V.P.Singh & Deve Gowda and Chief Ministers of different states and cabinet ministers.

Markaz

A total of 8,000 students are studying at this Markaz including 1,500 orphans. “They come from different parts of India, including Kashmir and Hariyana. The institution does not charge a penny either from orphans or poor students for their food, clothes, accommodation and medical expenses. Abubacker put the institution’s daily budget at about SR25,000 which is raised through donations by philanthropists.

Present

Founded in 1978, the center works for honing the leadership qualities of the ulema in particular and the Muslims in general. The center has been trying to improve the quality of Islamic education among Muslims with the help of Arab and Muslim nations. Many eminent scholars from various Arab and Islamic countries have visited the center on different occasions .

Al-Azhar Recognizes Markazu Saqafathi Sunniya

Al-Azhar University of Cairo has extended its recognition to courses taught by the Jamia Markazu Ssaqafati Ssunniyya, a major Muslim educational and charitable institution in the southern Indian state of Kerala, disclosed by Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed, secretary-general of the Markaz managing committee [http://www.islamtheway.com /] .

Political view

General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jum Iyyathul Ulema Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar has confirmed and announced a policy of "helping those who help us" to support any political party. In recent years his role in Parliament and assembly election was noted by almost every politian in Kerala.

ee also

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markazu_Saqafathi_Sunniya] Sunni Markaz Kerala
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Students%27_Federation_%28SSF%29] SSF KERALA

References

Sources

* [http://www.markazonline.com/eng] Officila Website of Markaz
* [http://www.ssfmalappuram.com/news/default.asp?id=english]
* [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markazu_Saqafathi_Sunniya]
* [http://www.islamtheway.com]
* [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=58111&d=27&m=1&y=2005]