Draft:Abdul Hakeem Faizy

Abdul Hakeem Faizy (Malayalam: അബ്ദുൽ ഹക്കീം ഫൈസി ആദൃശ്ശേരി Arabic: عبد الحكيم الفيضي) is a reformist Islamic scholar and educationalist from India, who was forced to step down as the General Secretary of Coordination of Islamic Colleges following a dispute with the council of conservative Sunni scholars in Kerala called Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama. He has modernized the curriculum of Islamic seminaries in Kerala by introducing compulsory university-level secular education along with religious studies and introduced the concept of exclusive seminaries for women. The integrated courses he designed are called Wafy and Wafiyya, which are currently being taught in the affiliated colleges of Coordination of Islamic Colleges. Faizy is an executive board member from India at the Cairo-based League of Islamic Universities.