The Egyptian cleric and influential thinker had followers across the globe. In the Indian state of Kerala, he is hailed as an icon of 'Islamic moderation'
Tension between the Vijayan dispensation and the BJP-appointed governor have risen in the recent past over control over institutions of higher education. Khan, however, appears to be playing his own brand of politics.
M.T. Abdulla Musaliyar, the most influential Islamic scholar in the Indian state of Kerala and leader of Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema ("All Kerala Organization of Islamic Scholars," SKJU), reprimanded in May 2022 the organizers of an event at a madrassa for allowing a 10th-grade girl to come on stage to receive an award for scoring the highest marks in her class.
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