According to Shiekh Aboobacker, The Educated should reflect the light of intellectual power and the virtues of modern education.
To mould a new generation having social and religious commitment is the only way to attain the independent aims of education.
Islamic Cultural Centre -
In 1926, the farsighted and committed Ulamas of Kerala formed an organization namely; Samastha Kerala Jam’iyyathul Ulama, at a time when the Muslim community encountered serious threats from a host of distracted members within.
Markaz is one of the largest Islamic Academia, which materialized what the world had hitherto been thinking impossible.
An ever-widening gap had been prevailing between the religious Ulamas and the modern educated genre, which seldom had any morale. The attitude of these two classes was derisive and hostile to a great extent. But Markaz succeeded in revamping the difference between them and brought them under a single umbrella of Islamic unity so as to create an atmosphere beneficial for the community. While concentrating on true Islamic curricula Markaz promotes secular education as well.
Markaz, a shining star in the Islamic educational firmament, nurtures more than 10,000 students.

…From the speeches of the Chairman
“Jamia Markazu-Ssaqafathi-Ssunniyya is an educational and cultural centre of Kerala since 1978 and although we are one of the few institutions of this kind, we attract and reach to students from different parts and remote ends of the State of India.
The influence of Markaz reaches far beyond the barriers of communal and social confines. The approach of Markaz strengthens the moral character of the Muslim society and is welcomed by others too. It strives to develop the leadership capacities of Ulamas and the qualities of Muslim Ummah.
Jamia Markaz directly influences the cities, towns and even in the rural areas where these Ulamas reach. Armed with renewed vigour and Islamic spirit, Markaz students return to the society with a fresh wholeness, a new sense of responsibility and practical skills to bring about a moral revolution in the society.
Jamia Markazu-Ssaqafathi-Ssunniyya nurtures and matures individual’s spiritual growth with which students find better ways to spread Islamic values. Beyond the individual, it also strengthens the Muslims of India as a community, through its diverse programmes of research, education and social services. By studying and sharing information, it enables the Muslim community to remain strong and independent. With its priceless contributions to the society, the Jamia Markaz has earned an international reputation as the place where, Muslims turn to for religious and cultural assistance. Among the plethora of learning, the theological faculty of Markaz teaches, trains, supports and provides resources to religious leaders, students and institutions. Students of various disciplines are competent enough to lead similar sources. Jamia Markaz is a unique institution, which makes a significant difference in our troubled world.
Jamia Markazu-Ssaqafathi-Ssunniyya is a place where people explore, discover and define their education. Ultimately, out of this fractured, despairing world can emerge a new community of peace, productivity and hope.”

Family

Sheikh Aboobacker was born in Kanthapuram, a village in the district of Calicut, Kerala on 22nd March, 1939.

He was raised in a family that possessed a tradition of Islamic scholarship as well as righteousness. His father was a teacher in the Holy Qur’an and a scholar of Islam who dedicated his life to the teaching of Holy Qur'an & Hadith. Aboobacker became an orphan at the age of 12. His mother strived a lot to get his learning discontinued in the absence of his father. Thus the horizon of his knowledge extended to farther heights.

Education

He was an enthusiastic learner since his school days which remains with him and he adapts quickly to any new piece of knowledge.
He started his primary education with A.M.L.P. School Kanthapuram and continued the process of learning to higher levels in both Islamic and modern education. The quest for knowledge brought him to various Colleges all over India. He graduated in Islamic studies with an M. F. B. (Moulavi Fazil Baquavi) in 1963 from the Vellore Baqiyathu Swalihaath College, the renowned Islamic Higher Education Center in South India.

Having memorized the Holy Qur’an at a very early age he also could learn the core texts of Hadith, (traditions of the Prophet, PBUH) Fiqh, Interpretations of the holy Qur’an and other branches of religious education by adhering to the circles of knowledge conducted by the then great scholars.


Shk. Aboobacker Ahmed has studied for over 25 years at the hands of many great and prestigious scholars, connecting him with authentic chains of transmission and learning all the way to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).


Kanthapuram shines on a variety of fields. He is well known for his piercing voice and sparking speeches. He took the audience in hand in thousands of stages across India and outside. A man of ideas and practical solutions for baffling problems, A motivate caller to the way of Allah and His Messenger (pbuh), and a spiritual educator with the highest calibre.

Researches:

He has a research study of six years in the Hadith to his credit and thousands of disciples in and outside India, who bear the torch of their great teacher to the coming generations. Sheikh Aboobacker started his Dars (teaching of Islamic subjects) in Mangad Juma Masjid at the year of 1964. He then turned to Kolikkal Juma Masjid (1970-1976) and to Kanthapuram Juma Masjid (1976-1981). This place name is synonymous to him and is a great crowd puller in India. The establishment of Markazu-Ssaqafathi-Ssunniyya, the world famous Islamic Academy of Education and Charity, in Karanthur, Calicut, Kerala, in the year of 1978 was a milestone in his life. The service this Institution imparts to the Indian Community is matchless. Since 1981 he is serving as the principal of Markaz Sharee’ath College and General Secretary of the Markaz.

Career:

After graduating from Baqiyath, he joined as a Mudarris in an Islamic Institute, where he literally began his career. He offered classes for the young and the old in the local mosques where opportunities to memorize the Qur’an and to study the Islamic Fiqh, History and traditional sciences were being given.