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CHEMNAD ALIYA ARABIC COLLEGE COMMITTEE
A SAGA OF EDUCATIONAL REFORMS AND REVIVAL OF A DOWNTRODDEN COMMUNITY
When the Mughal rule came to an end and the British came to power the condition of the Muslim community was awful. Neither any reckonable system to ennoble them in educational, social, cultural and economical fields was extant nor any alignment to create cognizance did prevail .
There were only a few established educational institutions and centres in the Indian subcontinent. The British rule was mainly based on the divide and rule policy.Consequently political,social and faith related discords were tangible among the muslim community. To a large extent this caused their backwardness and down fall. This was the general picture of the Indian people.
Although the malabar muslims were a little away from the influences of the british rule, they had to face lots of trials and challenges. They did not have any social, educational, economical and health leadership.Education among the muslim community during that period was confined to Madrasa education which was religious and rote learning. They were split into different parties .The fact that there were visionaries who tried their best to reform the standard of the material and spiritual conditions of the muslim community ,to unite them ,to make them aware of the responsibility shouldered is acknowledgeable .It was during this time the Islamic preceptor Sheikh Mohammed Izzuddeen Omari [RA] came forward with his companions. He said that the students should have excellent attitudes,they must be virtuous and must know the importance of modern science.
He uplifted the need of establishing a highly advanced Institution which will contribute eminently qualified scholars with intended abilities, reasoning and moral values. He opined that an educational system which is confined mere to religious studies is not adequate for a scholar as it will end up a disaster.Thusly he travelled south and north of Kerala,and the other parts of India,met pedants and thinkers and made use of their opinions and suggestions. In 1940,for the stated cause,uniting some of the famous scholars and leaders as members,to develop educational and religious activities in Kasaragod district ,an organization named Jam-i-yathul ulama canara was formed.Under the leadership of Late Izzuddeen Moulavi many sittings,meetings and conferences were organized in different places . After a great deal of meritorious exertion and uninterrupted perseverance ,in 1941, it was decided to establish an educational edifice named Aliya Arabic College in the charming north west of Kerala near the beautiful coastal area of Arabian Sea at ,Chemnad of Kasaragod district.
An advanced syllabus including Islamic studies and modern subjects was accepted by the college.It deserves special mentioning that many scholars from and outside India and very many distinguished thinkers , islamic scholars and personalities from Islamic Arab Countries visited and experienced the operation of the institution.
Higher Education Ministry of Saudi Arabia, Madeena Islamic University,King Saud University,Makkah Ummul Qura University,Education Ministry of UAE recognized the syllabus of the first stage and passed equivalency .Madeena Islamic University,Riyad Imam Mohammed Ibn Suood Islamic University and King Saud University reserved scholarship for the pass outs of the college which were availed by our students before the Gulf War. On the 29th and the 30th of December 1978,the managing committee organized an International Educational Conference in which to represent Madeena Islamic University the Former Vice Chancellor, Sheikh Swalih Abdulla Al Muhaisin,the delegates of Muslim World League,under the leadership of Dr. Sheikh Muhammed Abdullah Al Ajlan the representatives of Imam Muhammed University ,the representative of Darul Ifthah Ismail Ibn Saad Ibn Atheeq,the former General Secretary and representative of Jam-ee-athul Islah Muhammed Swalih Al Raees, the representative of Jam-ee-athul Islah Kuwait,Advocate Mubarik Sa’adoon Al Mutawwah and Mr.Fahad Abdul Muhsin Al Jassam and the other dignitaries form UAE,Qatar and Egyptian Embassy took part and appealed the government and associations to support the college in all manner.
Muhammed Abdulla Malabari,the representative of Rabitha,Dr.Shekh Nadir Abdul Azeez Noori,Former MP Abu HIsham Esa Majid Shaheen,Late Sheikh Abdul Muhizz Abdul Sathar,Late Sheikh Abdul Latheef Alzzayid are among the distinguished personalities who visited the institution.