Musliyar is an honorific associated with South Indian, chiefly Malayali, scholars of Islam. Notable people with the surname include: Abbas Musliyar, the founder of Al Madeena Islamic complex, Mangalore Ali Musliyar (1861–1922), religious leader in moplah riot against British rule in the 1921–22 Malabar riots in Madras Presidency, British India E.K. Hasan Musliyar (1929-82), Sunni religious scholar from the state of Kerala, India Anakkara Koyakutty Musliyar, Sunni religious scholar from the state of Kerala, India Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, Indian Sunni Muslim religious scholar from the state of Kerala E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar, Sunni Muslim scholar and religious leader from Kerala, South India K. Ali Kutty Musliyar, Islamic scholar, writer, orator, thinker and spiritual leader from Kerala, South India Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar (1934–2012), Sunni Muslim religious scholar from Kerala state, South India and former president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar, former president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, was a 20th-century scholar of Muslim Kerala Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Musliyar, Grand Mufti of India Kotta Abdul Khader Musliyar, Islamic scholar hailing from Mogral, Kasaragod, district of Indian state Kerala and an active member of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Kutubi Muhammed Musliyar, scholar hailing from Kerala and advisor of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, scholar hailing from Kerala, is the second president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Thirurangadi Bappu Musliyar, Muslim scholar, poet and of one of the traditionalist Sunni Muslims in Kerala, India TKM Bava Musliyar, Indian Muslim scholar and the former president of Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabyasa Board See also Muliyar Religious_degrees Indian surnames