100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala

The 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala (Samastha Kerala) refers to the events organized in 2024 to commemorate the centennial of the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, The 2 year long Samasta Kerala Jamiatul Ulama 100th Anniversary Celebration was inaugurated on 28 January 2024 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India and will continue till 8 February 2026.

Official celebrations
(Samasta Kerala Jamiatul Ulama 100th Anniversary Celebration Inauguration)
 * 2024 January - Commencement of the 100th anniversary celebration Inauguration at Bengaluru

Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, which will be held from February 6 to 8, 2026, have begun in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 100th anniversary function at Bengaluru Palace grounds 28 January 2024.

Action Plans
Six action plans were announced at the inaugural meeting. Samasta President Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal announced the plans. They announced the six projects decided in the Samasta Kendra Mushavara meeting.
 * Formulating and implementing new projects at the national and international level to spread the ideals of the Holy Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah
 * Formation of coordination committee at international level to coordinate activities of Samasta at national and international levels.
 * Starting a Higher education institution in Bengaluru.
 * Formulation of necessary plans to extend the existing educational systems of Samasta to more areas.
 * Designing and implementing projects with more emphasis on socio-cultural philanthropic activities.
 * Introduction of new systems in the field of instruction subject to the ideals of Ahlus Sunnati Wal Jamaat

History
Samastha organised a host of public conferences at various places to spread their message. Facing an opposition of secularly educated people, journalists, advocates and neo-scholars who had been fruitfully utilising all means from public meetings to publications to propagate their reformist ideologies and to brand traditionalists as courting shirk, Samastha leaders were compelled to come out to defend themselves against the allegations and to explain its views. Systematically held public conferences and anniversaries increased Samasthas popularity, kept the majority of Mappila Muslims in their fold, and restricted the inroads of reformist ideologies. In the first 25 years, Samastha focused its agenda on conducting public conferences, dialogues and ideological conflicts. Between 1927 and 1944, it convened 15 annual conferences at various places attracting immense public attention. 70th year Anniversary E.K Aboobacker musliar addressing the crowd The 16th conference held at Karyavattam was important as since then Samastha started to keep records and registers of all activities, resolutions and decisions scientifically. After that, the frequency of the huge public conferences decreased mainly because the organisation had tightened its foundation and fortress by 1950s and it had formed many sub committees and subordinate organisations to deal with different issues. In next 40 years, it conducted next eight conferences.

The 24th and 25th conferences held at Calicut seashore in 1985 and 1996 were widely appreciated for the largest gatherings the town ever witnessed, for the discipline and obedience the huge crowd displayed, for the resolutions, topics and issues the conference sessions discussed, and for the attention both drew from non-Muslim, political and government circles.
 * 1985-1996


 * 2002-Samastha celebrated its platinum jubilee holding public conferences at five major cities across the state Kasargod, Calicut, Thrissur, Kollam and Tiruvanandapuram.
 * 2012 February 26, The Samastha 85th conferences held at Kooriyad, Malappuram
 * 2016 February 11, The Samastha 90th conferences held at Alappuzha