Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed

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Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed

Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed (born March 22, 1939 in Kanthapuram, Calicut District , Kerala , India ) is the leader of the traditionalist Sunni Muslims in the southern Indian state of Kerala and one of the most important contemporary Muslim personalities in India. He holds many high offices.

Aboobacker Ahmed brought about a revival in religiosity in the Muslim population of South India and is seen as an intellectual reformer of Indian Islam.

He is the secretary general or vice chancellor of the Sunni cultural center Markazu Saqafathi Sunniya in Kerala (Karanthur, Kozhikode).

The center has become one of the main educational organizations in Kerala, with 40 schools ranging from elementary to university level. The schools have around 9,000 students, many of whom are orphans.

In 2006 he was one of the signatories of an open letter from Islamic scholars to Pope Benedict XVI. after his Regensburg speech .

In 2007 he was one of the signatories of the declaration “ A Common Word Between Us and You ”, with which 138 Islamic personalities turned to “Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere…” about peace between Christians and Muslims to create.

In 2009 and 2011 he was one of the 500 most influential Muslims on the list of the Prince al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan.

In 2009 he received the Shaik Muhiyudheen Abdul Khadar Jeelani Award .

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  1. ↑ rissc.jo: 500 most influential Muslims (PDF file; 4 MB), p. 116 (website of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (RISSC) of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought ):

    "Ahmad is the secretary general of the Kerala-based Sunni Cultural Center Markazu Saqaathi Sunniya. He is credited with creating a resurgence in the religiosity of southern India's Muslim population. The center has become one of the more significant educational organizations in Kerala with 40 schools going from primary to university level. There are about 9,000 students at the schools, many of them orphans. "

  2. ↑ gwu.edu ( George Washington University ; PDF; 6.9 MB):

    Shaikh Aboobackar Ahmad is the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association and founder and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya (Sunni Cultural Center), Karanthur, Kozhikode, Kerala. He is also chief patron of the Sunni Youth Society and General Secretary, Jamiat Ulema (Kerala). He was awarded with the “Shaik Muhiyudheen Abdul Khadar Jeelani Award” in 2009. “

  3. ↑ rissc.jo: 500 most influential Muslims (PDF file; 4 MB), p. 116.
  4. ↑ islam.de Open letter to His Holiness Pope XVI. (PDF; 224 kB) - (search: "Abu Bakr Ahmed Al Milibari")
  5. ↑ 500 most influential Muslims (PDF file; 4 MB) / gwu.edu ( George Washington University ; PDF; 6.9 MB)
  6. ↑ hindu.com ; themuslim500.com: Sheikh Aboobackar Ahmad
Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed (alternative names of the lemma)
Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar; കാന്തപുരം എ.പി. അബൂബക്കർ മുസ്ലിയാർ ; Aboobacker Ahmed; Abu Bakr Ahmed Al Milibari; Shaykh Abubakr Ahmed al-Malaibari; Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musalyar; AP Aboobacker; Aboobacker Musliyar; Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed Al Baqavi Malibari; Sheikh Aboobacker Bin Ahmad; Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed; Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar; Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed Al Baqavi Malibari; Shaikh Aboobacker Ahmad Kanthapuram; Abu Bakr Ahmed Al-Milibari
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SURNAME Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian leader of the traditionalist Sunni Muslims
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanthapuram, Calicut District , Kerala , India