M.C.C Abdu Rahman Moulavi
Prominent Muslim scholar and reformer M.C.C Abdul Rahman moulavi (1906-1964) was born in 1906 in Parappanangadi of Malappuram district of Kerala. He belonged to the reformist Salafi trend and was an ardent critic of the superstitious practices among Muslims. He was also one of the earliest leaders of Kerala Jam’iyyatul Ulema.
Biography
Abdul Rahman moulavi was born as the second son of prominent Muslim scholar and reformer Chalilakathu Kunjahmed Haji and Ibraheema. At the age of 7, he joined Darul Uloom with his brother Ahmed Moulavi and studied under his father Chalilakath Kunjahmed Haji. Till the age of 10, he studied in Madrasatul Munawwara of Pulickal too. Later, he studied in Mannarkkad Dars under his father.
In 1921, he joined Baqiyathu Swalihath, an Islamic college located in Vellore of Tamilnadu. In 1935, he completed his degree in Afzalul Ulema. He married the daughter of C. H. Ahmed master of Tirurangadi. She died during childbirth. After her death, Moulavi married Amina Swafiya of Chennamangalur. He had two children namely Dr M.C.C. Abdullah and Abdussalam. He died on 1 January 1964 in the office room of his college Madeenatul Uloom.