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22 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Vakkom Moulavi a renowned freedom fighter from Kerala translated the #Quran and its exegesis in Malayalam language. In newspaper Deepika he serialised this translation of Quran, together with his brief commentary and original text written in an elegant calligraphic style
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He was influenced by Shaikh Muhammad Abduh, Mufti-e-Azam of Egypt. Influenced by his writings Moulvi modelled his journals in Arabi-Malayalam and in Malayalam modelled on Al Manar. The Muslim was launched in January 1906 and was followed by Al-Islam(1918) and Deepika(1931).
He deftly used these platforms to reach out to the Muslim community in a very effective way. Al-Islam was launched in 1918. This journal without any iota of doubt, played a pivotal role in #Muslim renaissance in #Kerala. It opposed Nerchas and Uroos festivals amongst the Muslim
Financial troubles led to closure of journal within 5 issues, but it is regarded as pioneer journal that attempted religious reform amongst the Mappilas of Kerala. While it was published in Malayalam language using Arabi-Malayalam script, Muslim and Deepika used Malayalam script.

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