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WHAT WERE THE ACTIVITIES DONE BY VAKKOM MAULAVI FOR THE MUSLIM SOCIETY??????????????????

Vakkom Moulavi was born, on 23rd December1873, only Sixteen years after the Sepoy Mutiny as the British call it or the First War of Independence, as we wish to call it which finally ended up with the consolidation of British power in India and the impoverishment of the Indian people. The report of the 1872 Census of Travancore shows that the people who could just read and write were only 5.74% of the population, with female literacy rate only 0.46%. The Muslim literacy was lower than State average but surprisingly higher than that of Eazhavas. We have to realize that Vakkom Maulavi became a scholar and linguist under such conditions. His writings bear testimony to his command of Malayalam language.
        Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi exhorted the Muslims to give up all un-islamic practices, take to Western liberal education and play leading role in all progressive social movements. He attempted to translate the Quran and other religious works into Malayalam and published a Malayalam magazine called Deepika in which the translation of the Quran appeared regularly. Maulavi Sahib also founded the Travancore Mahajana Sabha and Chirayinkil Taluk Muslim Samajam for promoting social service activities among the Muslims, but these were short-lived. In 1923 he inaugurated the Kerala Muslim Aikya sangham which provided a forum for kindred spirits to meet for purposes of discussion and provided progressive leadership to the community in social and religious matters. Whatever progress was achieved by the Muslim community of Kerala in later years should be attributed to the pioneering work done by Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi.


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