{{Short description|Institute of religious learning in India}} {{Merge from |1=Jannathul Uloom Arabic College |target=Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College |afd=Jannathul Uloom Arabic College |date =May 2026 }}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox university | name = Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College | motto = | type = Arabic College | image = Jami'a Nooriyya logo.jpg | image_size = 270px | caption = | logo = | logo_upright = | established = 1963 | students = | city = Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district | principal = K. Ali Kutty Musliyar | country = India | postcode = | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{coord|11.0164|76.2284|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | campus = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | faculty = | campus_size = | language = * Arabic *English *Malayalam | logo_size = 250px | website = {{URL|www.jamianooriya.in}} | religious_affiliation = Sunni-Shafi'i Law | state = Kerala | province = }}
'''Jami'a Nooriyya '''is an Arabic college, or an educational institute of higher religious learning, the equivalent of south Indian madrasa, located at Pattikkad, near Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 1963 by Sheikh Noorul Mashaikh Sayyid Ahmad Mohiuddin Jeelani R.A, the founder of the Jami'a, it is the premier orthodox or traditionalist Sunni-Shafi'i institution for the training of the Islamic scholars in Kerala.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Roland E. |title=Mappila Muslim Culture |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=2015 |pages=89–90}}</ref>
Jami'a Nooriyya is managed by Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala. The institute carries forward the old Ponnani tradition of scholar training.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Roland E. |title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam |publisher=E. J. Brill |year=1991 |location=Leiden |pages=461–62}}</ref> The Nizami curriculum used at Jami'a Nooriyya is a modified version of the syllabus utilized at the al-Baqiyyat-us-Salihat College at Vellore (with Shafi'i Law for Hanafi Law).<ref name=":1" />
Jami'a Nooriyya celebrates its anniversary in February–March of every year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 February 2006 |title=Jamiya Nooriyya Anniversary Fete |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3182880.ece}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.jamianooriya.in/}} *[https://noorululama.in Website of Students' Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727192605/https://noorululama.in/ |date=27 July 2022 }}
Category:Islamic universities and colleges in Kerala
== Noorul Ulama Students' Association == The '''Noorul Ulama Students' Association''' (NUSA) is the official student organization of Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College, established to nurture creative talents among students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jamianooriya.in/nusa/ |title=NUSA |website=Jamia Nooriya Arabiyya Faiabad |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref> Founded on 24 June 1964 by Thazhekkode Kunjalavi Usthad and named by Kottumala Ustad, it was initially presided over by Syed Ali Bafaki Thangal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jamianooriya.in/nusa/ |title=NUSA |website=Jamia Nooriya Arabiyya Faiabad |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref> NUSA represents over 7,000 alumni (known as "Faizys") and operates sub-wings in areas such as art, literature, culture, health, and spirituality to enhance students' organizational and language skills.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jamianooriya.in/nusa/ |title=NUSA |website=Jamia Nooriya Arabiyya Faiabad |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref>
The association organizes events including conferences and exhibitions. In 2023, NUSA hosted a Quran exhibition where student Muhammad Dilshah displayed a 500-meter handwritten Quran, earning a Guinness World Record.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-student-scripts-guinness-world-record-for-longest-handwritten-quran/article67651168.ece |title=Kerala student scripts Guinness world record for longest handwritten Quran |work=The Hindu |date=2023-12-18 |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref>
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