title: Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (EK group)
text: # Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (EK group)
  
  Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama,–present, is the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala. The council administers Shafi'ite mosques, institutes of higher religious learning (the equivalent of north Indian madrasas) and madrasas (institutions where children receive basic Islamic education) in india.
  
  A forty-member 'mushawara' is the high command body of the Sunni council. It is currently headed by the President Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal.
  
  ## Structure
  
  * President — Sayed Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal
  * General Secretary — K. Ali Kutty Musliyar
  
  ## Wings
  
  * Mahallu federation — Samastha Kerala Sunni Mahallu Federation (S. M. F.)
  * Educational board — Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabhyasa Board (S. K. I. M. V. B.)
  
  ## Madrasa teachers association
  
  Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Muallimeen
  
  * Youth wing — Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.)
  * Student wing — Samastha Kerala Sunni Students' Federation (S. K. S. S. F)
  * Children's wing — Samastha Kerala Sunni Balavedhi (S. K. S. B. V.)
  * Mouthpiece (daily) — Suprabhatham
  
  ## Presidents of Samastha
  
  * Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal (1926-1932)
  * Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar (1932-1945)
  * Abdul Bari Musliyar (1945-1965)
  * KK Sadakkathulla Musliyar (1965-1967)
  * Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1967–1993)
  * K.K. Aboobacker Hazrath (1993- 1995)
  * Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari (1995- 2004)
  * Kalambadi Mohammed Musliar (2004- 2012)
  * C Koya Kutty Musliyar (2012–2016)
  * Kumaramputhur A. P. Muhammed Musliyar (2016-2017)
  * Sayyid Jifri Muthukoya Thangal (2017- Present)
  