Parakkallil, Ibrahim Badhusha
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From Arabia to Kerala: Tracing the Early Transmission of Islamic Knowledge Parakkallil, Ibrahim Badhusha
HISTORICAL: Journal of History and Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): History and Cultural Innovation
Publisher : Perkumpulan Dosen Fakultas Agama Islam Indramayu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58355/historical.v4i2.189

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This paper aims to analyses various points in histories of Kerala and Arab states as well as how Islam arrived and developed in the south of India. They expose the historical conducts of trade that later created corridors for the interchange of cultural and social more and ideas between Kerala and Arabia. The geographic location of Kerala and the developments that it endowed, strongly supported the social permeation of new ideologies, especially through an Arab influence which shaped the formation of Mapila culture. Eminent personalities such as Malik ibn Dinar one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had a greater impact in the propagation of Islam in to Kerala, his visit to Kerala can be called as one of the turning points of the religious map of Kerala. This a rather elaborate reiteration of the historical story of Cheraman Perumal, the supposed Kerala king who probably converted to Islam after meeting some Arab merchants; it is added to the long history of such interaction, or rather the historic Cheraman Masjid that is today recognized as India’s first mosque. Further analysis centered in this paper on the philosophical and religious aspects of Islam in Kerala. The paper follows the process of giving influence of the Sufi teachings on the Muslim community and the changes they brought at the time of their arrival in marine areas in terms of beliefs and practices as well as their routines. Books like Tuhfat al-Mujahidin describe about the role of Kerala in Islamic education with explanation from Makhdum family Qazis of Calicut and elite groups such as Ba Alavis and Bukharis maintain. Islamic legal or spiritual practices in Gods Own Country. These complementary themes reflect the process of exchanges of knowledge and culture between the Arabian Peninsula and the province of Kerala and map out the development of Islamic thought in this complex and important area.
An Intellectual Legacy: Chalilakath Kunjahammed Haji’s Role in Modernizing Madrasa Education Parakkallil, Ibrahim Badhusha
Al-Fadlan: Journal of Islamic Education and Teaching Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): Exploring Trends in Islamic Education
Publisher : Penerbit Hellow Pustaka

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61166/fadlan.v3i1.90

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The paper analyzes the development and modern features of Religious Education particularly Islamic Education in Kerala paying considerable attention to the pioneer Chalilakath Kunjahammad Haji in changing Islamic Education system in Malabar. The study also explores the roots of religious education in Kerala and findings methods in practice for a long time from a traditional method called dars pre-scheduling an important knowledge about religion to Muslim community. In such a context, the research explores if and how Haji has tried to change his practices and introduce new methods of education and teaching/learning practices such as curriculum teaching, examination system, classroom teaching learning inspired by the more advanced system of education like Bakhiatul Swalihat in Vellore. The former domain of Haji shows an important future of secular sciences with religious education, where in inserted astronomy and mathematics, became a specialization of knowledge in madrasas of Kerala. The paper also situates Haji aim and struggle towards putting the plan of education reform in the context of sociopolitical context of the Malabar in the century end that received him both the support and opposition for his measures towards modernizing the Muslim education. The paper also explores a significant period in Haji’s life, namely the invitation to reinvent theeducational institutions with the support of such civic patrons as Koyappathodi Ahmed Kutti Haji based on cooperation principles. Finally, being one of the most important theological controversies, Ainul Qibla Debate prompts the consideration of the correlation between theology and progressive/sustainable educational development in Kerala; it also demonstrates how contributive Haji’s thoughts have been to the creation of the progressive but at the same time traditional model of Islamic schooling. This research helps to fill the gap in the literature regarding religious reform and the ways scholars navigated between the poles of change and tradition in the implementation of the Islamic education.