• Dr. A P Alavi Bin Mohamed Bin Ahamed

This piece of research paper attempts to show that the genesis and growth of Islam, a monotheistic religion in Kerala. Of the Indian states, Malabar was the most important state with which the Arabs engaged in trade from very ancient time. Advance of Islam in Kerala,it is even today a matter of controversy. Any way as per the established authentic historical records, we can definitely conclude that Islam reached Kerala coast through the peaceful propagation of Arab-Muslim traders during the life time of prophet Muhammad. Muslims had been the torch bearers of knowledge and learning during the middle ages. Traditional education centres, i.e Maqthabs, Othupallis, Madrasas and Darses were the ancestral centres of socio-cultural and educational enlightenments, where a new language, Arabic-Malayalam took its birth. It was widely used to impart educational process and to exhort anti-colonial feelings and religious preaching in Medieval Kerala.

Darses, Arabi-Malayalam, Othupalli, Madrasa

"Ancestral Centers of Kerala Muslim Socio-Cultural and Educational Enlightenments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.516-523, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C66.pdf

"Ancestral Centers of Kerala Muslim Socio-Cultural and Educational Enlightenments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp516-523, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C66.pdf