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.