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Chalilakath Kunahmed Haji

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Chalilakath Kunhahammad Haji ( Arabic : جاللكت كنّ احمد الحاج 1866–1919) was a Malayali Sunni scholar and Islamic educationalist. He is known for his special attention on the reformation of orthodox Muslims and as father new Madrassa system in southern Indian state of Kerala. scholar and Islamic educationalist. He is known for his special attention on the reformation of orthodox Muslims and as father new Madrassa system in southern Indian state of Kerala.1 Kerala and he felt the need of Arabic- Malayalam reformation to ease the difficulties of students to read books. He began to reform of Arabic–Malayalam script in order to ease the difficulties of his student to read the contemporary subject and to edit some mistakes committed by Sayyid Sanaulla Makti Thangal, who also ventured to such a reform. There were so many people who came forward to reform the Arabic-Malayalam script like Sayyid Sanaulla Makti Thangal (1847–1932), Suleiman Musliyar of Alapuza,Mohammed Abdul Khader Moulavi of Vakkom (1873-1932). But the most considerable and famous reformation in this field belongs to Chalilakath kuunahmed Haji, because all keralites themselves chased and recognized the Chalilakath’s reformation and he was called as reformer of Arabic-Malayalam script. Muhammad Abdul Kareem says that "on Hijra 1137, Chalilakath aimed to reform the latter. He wrote it in book and named it as Thasheel Ul Furooq. This was printed in Malharul Muhimmath on 1312h ..." U. In the field of Madrasa reformation in Kerala, the name of Moulana Chalilakath Kunhahamed Haji (d. His experiments centred round Darul Uloom of Vazhakkad.This institution was originally established in ... Vakkom Moulavi and the Renaissance Movement among the Muslims .2 Journal of Kerala studies Volume 9 University of Kerala - 1982 - Page 84 Chalilakath Kunhahammad Haji is rightly called the father of modern Arabic Madrasas and Arabic Colleges in Kerala. Yōgīndar Sikand - Bastions of the Believers: Madrasas And Islamic Education in India 2005- Page 124 "in Kerala, and one of their aims was the reform of the Islamic education system. One of the pioneers in the field of Islamic educational reform in Kerala was Moulavi Chalilakath Mun Muhammad Haj i. In 1909 he was appointed headmaster of ..." M.3

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  • Early life
  • Educational field
  • Darul Uloom
  • Debate of Inul Qibla
  • Reformation of Arabic-Malayalam script
  • Madrasa movement
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