Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya, known with the honorific Sayyid, suffixed Thangal, is an Islamic scholar from Kerala, India. He serves as President, Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema, the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in northern Kerala. He succeeded Kumaramputhur A. P. Muhammed Musliyar as the president of the Samastha in 2016. References 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Malayali people Indian Islamic religious leaders People from Malappuram district People from Kasaragod district Shafi'is Indian Sunni Muslims 1957 births Living people Kerala Sunni-Shafi'i scholars