Contributions To Islamic Education in Kerala
He introduced many reforms to religious education in Kerala. He was the proponent of the unique Arts and Islamic Courses in Islamic Colleges which blended Islamic studies with other parts of 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 and was also one of his remarkable contributions. He was the proponent of Da’wa (Mission) courses which were intended to create specialists in spreading the word of Islam. From 1967, when the Chennamangallur Islahiya Association was formed, until his death in 1995, the educational institutions under Islahiya Association were headed by him. He also played helped to form the Majlisu Tha’leemil Islami Kerala which revolutionised primary Islamic education in Kerala.
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