Biodata

Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born as A. P. Aboobacker at Kanthapuram on 22 March 1931) is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama (the Indian Muslim Scholars Association). Musliyar was chosen as the Grand Mufti of India by the All India Tanzeem Ulamae Islam in a programme conducted at Ramlila Maidan after the death of Grand Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan, following an illness on 20 July 2018. The inauguration took place on Sunday, 24 February 2019. It set a record attendance for any event held in Ramlila Maidan. After his election conducted several receptions in various countries including UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Malaysia and Indonesia especially at his birthplace in India, Kozhikode. Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Sri P. Sreeramakrishnan, Kerala Minister TP Ramakrishnan, Karnataka Ministers UT Khader and Rahim Khan, and A Pradeepkumar member of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly, Kerala Haj Committee chairman C Mohammed Faizi, Tamil Nadu Haj Committee chairman Haji Abdul Jabbar, Mayor of Kozhikode Thottathil Raveendran, Zamorin K.C. Unniyanujan Raja and Dr MGS Narayanan, politicians, religious and cultural leaders including from other Indian states participated in the civil reception. In the function, Minister T. P. Ramakrishnan expressed appreciations to the Grand Mufti for the Government of Kerala. You have got a golden visa for 10 years from the Dubai government, you are the first Muslim in India to get this honor.