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Khaleel Bukhari is a man who transformed crises into opportunities: Kanthapuram

February 19, 2025Amazing Feats, Books (incl.Biographies - w.e.f.01 jan 2018 ), Community Involvement / Social Issues, Education, LeadersAbdul Hakeem Azhari - Managing Director - Markaz Knowledge City, Autobiography - The Life So Far, Autobiographyof Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari, Book - The Life So Far, C Mohammed Faizy, Dr Muhamad Abdul Hakeem Azhary, Dr Muhammad Abdul Hakeem Azhary - Managing Director - Markaz Knowledge City, Husain Saqafi, Husain Saqafi - Chairman - Kerala Haj Committee, Husain Saqafi Chullikkode, Indian Muslims, Kadulundi Coastal Village, Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musaliyar, Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliar - President - Kerala Muslim Jamat, Kerala Muslim Jamaat - KMJ, Kerala Muslim Jamaath, Kerala Muslim Jamat, Kerala Muslims, Khaleel Bukhari, Ma'din Academy, Madin Academy, Malappuram Muslims, Markaz Knowledge City, Muslims of India, Muslims of India - Positive News, Muslims of Kerala, Muslims of Kerala in Education, Muslims of Malappuram, Muslims of Melmuri - Malappuram, Positive News of Indian Muslims, Positive News of Muslims of India, Positive News of Muslims of Kerala, Positive News of Muslims of Malappuram, Positive Stories of Indian Muslims, Positive Stories of Muslims of India, Sayed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari Thangal - Chairman - Madin Academy - Malappuram - Kerala, Syed Ibrahim Khaeel Al Bukhari - Chairman - Madin Academy - Malappuram - Keralampositiveone@gmail.com

Melmuri (Malappuram), KERALA :

Kerala Muslim Jamat president Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar (right) releasing the autobiography of Madin Academy chairman Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari (middle) by giving a copy to Yemeni scholar Habib Umar bin Hafiz at Markaz, Karanthoor, on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Sunni spiritual leader and Madin Academy chairman Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari has published his autobiography, The life so far.

Releasing the book, Kerala Muslim Jamat president Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar said on Monday that the life story of Mr. Bukhari embodied a significant lesson on how an individual could transform crises into opportunities and turn despair into hope.

According to Mr. Kanthapuram, the experiences Mr. Bukhari gained through his extensive travels and intense trials would ultimately benefit society at large.

Renowned Islamic scholar Habib Umar bin Hafiz from Yemen received the first copy of the book.

Mr. Kanthapuram said that the story of Mr. Bukhari’s growth from Kadalundi coastal village to a respected Muslim leader was, in many ways, a reflection of the history and development of the Sunni movement he led.

“His [Mr. Bukhari’s] growth has been distinct from other Muslim leaders of Kerala. There are many things that set him apart from the rest,” said Mr. Kanthapuram, attributing his swift rise to prominence within the community to his ability to innovate and implement projects that benefitted marginalised groups.

Umar Mahmood Hussain Samrai from Baghdad, Sheikh Rahmatullah Tirmidhi from Tashkent, Sheikh Bilal Halakh from California, Sheikh Rilwan Ibrahim from Russia, Habib Jindal bin Noufal from Indonesia, Markaz director C. Mohammed Faizy, Haj Committee chairman Husain Saqafi Chullikkode, and Markaz Knowledge City managing director Abdul Hakeem Azhari were present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> India> Kerala / by The Hindu Bureau, Malappuram / February 18th, 2025

With a rare mehr, this Kerala bride has broken stereotypes

October 31, 2016Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Community Involvement / Social Issues50 Books for MAHR, 50 Books for MEHR, Anees Nadodi, Malappuram Muslims, Sahla Nechiyilmpositiveone@gmail.com

Mallappuram , KERALA :

A Malayali Muslim bride demanded 50 books as part of a custom in Muslim weddings, only that the custom has mostly seen woman’s family demanding gold or money.

This Malayali Muslim bride decided to break stereotypes, the religious way, on the day of her marriage! (Source: Sahla Nechiyil)

How often do you see a woman demand books as mehr, and not the customary jewellery or gold. In Kerala’s Malappuram district, a woman set an example for her community. A post graduate in political science from the Hyderabad University, Sahla Nechiyil never dreamt of a perfect, fairytale wedding. But when she decided to get married, she also sent across a social message to the “gold-obsessed” Muslims in Malappuram.

Nechiyil decided to demand 50 books from her fiancé as mehr, a mandatory payment in the form of money or possessions paid or promised to be paid by the groom to the bride at the time of marriage. She asked for books as mehr because of two reasons. “One, because according to the religious texts, a girl can demand anything she wants and the groom cannot disagree. And second, because I wanted to show the Malappuram Muslims that a wedding can take place without obsessing over the amount of gold transacted between both parties,” she said.

Her husband (they got married on August 11) cannot agree more with Sahla and supported her stand wholeheartedly. “Mehr is the right of the woman, not the generosity of the man,” he said. Anees Nadodi was promptly handed a list of 50 books by Nechiyil, and he went all the way to Bangalore to find all the books that she wanted. All this amidst much disapproval from both the families. In Nechiyil’s case, however, more than her parents, her relatives disagreed. “They could not argue for long, because we were not doing anything against the religious texts,” said Nechiyil.

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Lifestyle> Life-Style / by Soumya Mathew / New Delhi / October 29th, 2016