KC Abdullah Moulavi – Prominent

Islamic scholar
K C (Kunnathu Chalil) Abdullah Moulavi [February 22, 1920- August 13, 1995] was a prominent
Islamic scholar in modern Kerala. He has made tremendous contribution to the Islamic
resurgence and Muslim educational reforms in Kerala. He was the former Ameer of Kerala
chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He has played major role in founding the Madhyamam Daily[1]
and Islahiya Association Chennamangallur. His literary contributions include books in Malayalam
language which goes in depth on the description of Allah and Afterlife in the Holy Quran.
Brief Biography
Born in Kodiyathur village of Kozhikode District in Kerala. Primary education was in various
mosques in nearby places. He graduated (M.F.B degree or Baqawi title)from Baqiyatuswalihath in
Vellur,Tamilnadu. Returning home, he served as Principal of Darul Uloom Arabic College in
Vazhakkad . Meanwhile, he acquired his degree of Afdalul Ulama from the University of Calicut
and served as a teacher in Aliya Arabic College in Kasaragode. After his marriage, he settled
at chennamangallur (chanamangaloor). He served as the Ameer of Kerala Halqa of Jamaat-e-
Islami Hind during 1959-1972, 1975-1982 and 1985-1990. He served prison terms during the
Indo-Pak war of 1965 and the Emergency of 1975.He passed away on August 13, 1995 [2]
Major contributions to society
Madhyamam Daily
Islamic publishing house
Chennamangallur Islahiya Association
Prabodhanam Weekly
Majlisu Tha’leemil Islami, Kerala
Special contributions to Islamic Education in Kerala
He introduced many fundamental reforms in the religious education in Kerala. He is the
proponent of the unique Arts and Islamic Courses in Islamic Colleges which blended Islamic
studies to the university curriculum, which helped students to gain considerable knowledge in
Islamic subjects while attaining a conventional university degree in Humanities. This educational
pattern was widely accepted by other Muslim educational institutions in Kerala. The first Islamic
institution for women with hostel facility, Madrasatul Banat at Chennamangallur(Calicut) was
established in 1961, is also one of his remarkable contributions. He was the proponent Da’wa
(Mission) courses which was intended to build specialists in spreading the word of Islam. From
1967 when Chennamangallur Islahiya Association was formed, until his death in 1995, the
educational institutions under Islahiya Association were headed by him. He has also played a key
role in the formation of Majlisu Tha’leemil Islami Kerala which revolutionised primary Islamic
education in Kerala.
 Books
• Prabodhanam Quranil (The Qur’an on Missionary Work)
• Allahu Qur’anil (The Qur’an on Allah)
• Paralokam Qur’anil (The Qur’an on Afterlife))
• Namaskarathinte Chaitanyam (The Spirit of Namaz)
• Nompinte Chaitanyam (The Spirit of Fasting)
• Prabodhanam Oru Mukhavura (Preface to Missionary Work)
• Jinnukalum and Malakkukalum (Jinns and Angels)
• Qadiyanisthinte Adiverukal (The Roots of Qadiyanism)
• Prabodhanathinte Pradhanyam(The Significance of Islamic Mission)
References
1. ^ "Madhyamam- media revolution in the south". The Milli Gazette. 1-15 July
2004.http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Jul04-Print-Edition/011507200429.htm.
Retrieved on 2009-02-12.
2. ^ "JIH Kerala Website". JIH Kerala
Website. http://jihkerala.org/htm/english/jamaat/Leaders/kc.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-13.