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'''Coordination of Islamic Colleges''' ('''CIC'''), based in [[Kerala]], India, is an [[Islamic]] university serving as an academic administrative body.{{cite web |date= |title=Coordination of Islamic Colleges |url=https://drive.google.com/u/2/uc?id=16fiz1OcbzND7V3uW25EZ2cXvECwge8Am&export=download |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=wafyonline.com |publisher=Coordination of Islamic Colleges}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wafy-programme-offered/article65476945.ece |title=Wafy programme offered |date=31 May 2022 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}} Colleges affiliated with the CIC offer "Wafy" courses for men and "Wafiyya" for women, which combine both Islamic and secular higher education (post-secondary school, leading to a state-recognised university degree).{{Cite news |date=14 April 2022 |title=Samastha Says Yes to Marriage of 'Wafiyya' Students |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/apr/14/samastha-says-yes-to-marriage-of-wafiyya-students-2441713.html}} {{cite news |title=How Sunni Orthodoxy in Kerala witch-hunts a progressive scholar|url= https://www.newageislam.com/islam-politics/sunni-orthodoxy-kerala-scholar/d/130872.ece |work=The New Age Islam |date=11 October 2023}}{{cite news |title=Hakeem Faizy says he will focus on future, will not bow to Samastha diktats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hakeem-faizy-says-he-will-focus-on-future-will-not-bow-to-samastha-diktats/article66553661.ece |work=The Hindu |agency=The Hindu Bureau |date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426081518/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hakeem-faizy-says-he-will-focus-on-future-will-not-bow-to-samastha-diktats/article66553661.ece |archive-date=26 April 2023 |language=en-IN}}{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2018jan26/420277.html |title= Abdul Hakeem Faizy Adrisseri: The first Indian to join the governing body of League of Islamic Universities |date=26 January 2018 }} Panakkad [[Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal]] is the current President of the CIC. At present, there are around 100 institutes affiliated to the CIC in Kerala.{{cite web |last= |title=Affiliated Colleges |url=https://wafycic.com/colleges |website=Coordination of Islamic Colleges}}{{cite news |last1=Prashanth |first1=M. P. |title=IUML clandestinely moves to sideline Samastha president |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/mar/23/iuml-clandestinely-moves-to-sideline-samastha-president-2433108.html |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327015604/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/mar/23/iuml-clandestinely-moves-to-sideline-samastha-president-2433108.html |archive-date=27 March 2023}}
'''Coordination of Islamic Colleges''' ('''CIC'''), based in [[Kerala]], India, is an [[Islamic]] university serving as an academic administrative body.{{cite web |date= |title=Coordination of Islamic Colleges |url=https://drive.google.com/u/2/uc?id=16fiz1OcbzND7V3uW25EZ2cXvECwge8Am&export=download |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=wafyonline.com |publisher=Coordination of Islamic Colleges}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wafy-programme-offered/article65476945.ece |title=Wafy programme offered |date=31 May 2022 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}} Colleges affiliated with the CIC offer "Wafy" courses for men and "Wafiyya" for women, which combine both Islamic and secular higher education (post-secondary school, leading to a state-recognised university degree).{{Cite news |date=14 April 2022 |title=Samastha Says Yes to Marriage of 'Wafiyya' Students |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/apr/14/samastha-says-yes-to-marriage-of-wafiyya-students-2441713.html}} These courses were designed and developed by Abdul Hakeem Faizy, an Islamic scholar and educationalist, who currently serves as the General Secretary of the CIC {{cite news |title=How Sunni Orthodoxy in Kerala witch-hunts a progressive scholar|url= https://www.newageislam.com/islam-politics/sunni-orthodoxy-kerala-scholar/d/130872.ece |work=The New Age Islam |date=11 October 2023}}{{cite news |title=Hakeem Faizy says he will focus on future, will not bow to Samastha diktats |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hakeem-faizy-says-he-will-focus-on-future-will-not-bow-to-samastha-diktats/article66553661.ece |work=The Hindu |agency=The Hindu Bureau |date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426081518/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hakeem-faizy-says-he-will-focus-on-future-will-not-bow-to-samastha-diktats/article66553661.ece |archive-date=26 April 2023 |language=en-IN}} and is an executive board member from India at the [[League of Islamic Universities]] based in [[Cairo]].{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2018jan26/420277.html |title= Abdul Hakeem Faizy Adrisseri: The first Indian to join the governing body of League of Islamic Universities |date=26 January 2018 }} Panakkad [[Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal]] is the current President of the CIC. At present, there are around 100 institutes affiliated to the CIC in Kerala.{{cite web |last= |title=Affiliated Colleges |url=https://wafycic.com/colleges |website=Coordination of Islamic Colleges}}{{cite news |last1=Prashanth |first1=M. P. |title=IUML clandestinely moves to sideline Samastha president |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/mar/23/iuml-clandestinely-moves-to-sideline-samastha-president-2433108.html |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327015604/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/mar/23/iuml-clandestinely-moves-to-sideline-samastha-president-2433108.html |archive-date=27 March 2023}}
The CIC was established in [[Malappuram District]] in 2000 and was{{cite news |title=Samastha snaps ties with CIC; courses of 90 educational institutions to be hit |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/22/samastha-snaps-ties-with-cic-courses-of-90-educational-institutions-to-be-hit-2468234.html |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628110938/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/22/samastha-snaps-ties-with-cic-courses-of-90-educational-institutions-to-be-hit-2468234.html |archive-date=28 June 2022}} associated with the [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (1989–present)|Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama]], principal [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]-[[Shafi‘i|Shafi'i]] scholarly council, in [[Kerala]].
The CIC was established in [[Malappuram District]] in 2000 and was{{cite news |title=Samastha snaps ties with CIC; courses of 90 educational institutions to be hit |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/22/samastha-snaps-ties-with-cic-courses-of-90-educational-institutions-to-be-hit-2468234.html |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Express News Service |date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628110938/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/22/samastha-snaps-ties-with-cic-courses-of-90-educational-institutions-to-be-hit-2468234.html |archive-date=28 June 2022}} associated with the [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (1989–present)|Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama]], principal [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]-[[Shafi‘i|Shafi'i]] scholarly council, in [[Kerala]].
The relationship between Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and the Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC – Wafi/Wafiyya) has been severed due to ideological differences. Samastha has stated that the activities of CIC, led by Abdul Hakeem Faizi Adrisseri, have deviated from its principles, and it has declared that it no longer maintains any association with those institutions or with Faizi.


The body had signed memoranda of understandings with [[University of Cairo]], [[League of Islamic Universities]], Cairo, [[Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization]], Academy of Arabic Language, [[Cairo]] and the [[Egyptian Government]]'s Ministry of Religious Affairs. The body notably promotes the concept of women-only educational institutes of higher religious learning in Kerala, where women are simultaneously trained in advanced Islamic theology and modern secular education up to the [[Postgraduate education|graduate level]].{{cite web |last=Nafih Wafy |first=Muhammed |date=23 August 2017 |title=All-female Madrassas: Of Women, By Women and For Women |url=http://en.qantara.de/content/islamic-education-in-india-all-female-madrassas-of-women-by-women-and-for-women?nopaging=1 |website=Qantara |publisher=}}
The body had signed memoranda of understandings with [[University of Cairo]], [[League of Islamic Universities]], Cairo, [[Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization]], Academy of Arabic Language, [[Cairo]] and the [[Egyptian Government]]'s Ministry of Religious Affairs. The body notably promotes the concept of women-only educational institutes of higher religious learning in Kerala, where women are simultaneously trained in advanced Islamic theology and modern secular education up to the [[Postgraduate education|graduate level]].{{cite web |last=Nafih Wafy |first=Muhammed |date=23 August 2017 |title=All-female Madrassas: Of Women, By Women and For Women |url=http://en.qantara.de/content/islamic-education-in-india-all-female-madrassas-of-women-by-women-and-for-women?nopaging=1 |website=Qantara |publisher=}}
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Registered as an autonomous organisation under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (Regi. No: 379/04), the CIC has grown to become a multi-layered organisation, with a senate, a syndicate, an advisory board and various sub-committees such as Academic Council, Examination Board and finance committee, directives of which are binding on each affiliated college. At present, Wafiyya Campus, [[Pang, Malappuram|Pang]] is the headquarters of the CIC.
Registered as an autonomous organisation under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (Regi. No: 379/04), the CIC has grown to become a multi-layered organisation, with a senate, a syndicate, an advisory board and various sub-committees such as Academic Council, Examination Board and finance committee, directives of which are binding on each affiliated college. At present, Wafiyya Campus, [[Pang, Malappuram|Pang]] is the headquarters of the CIC.


Wafy is a modified and upgraded version of Al Muthavval course, a part of the erstwhile [[Nizamiyya]] Syllabus which had been adopted by most of the traditional Islamic colleges and seminaries in India for centuries. While retaining the spirit of the traditional syllabus intact, modification was achieved by introducing new topics and updating some traditional subjects. These measures were introduced to meet the new challenges and needs of time.
Wafy is a modified and upgraded version of Al Muthavval course, a part of the erstwhile [[Nizamiyya]] Syllabus which had been adopted by most of the traditional Islamic colleges and seminaries in India for centuries. While retaining the spirit of the traditional syllabus intact, modification was achieved by introducing new topics and updating some traditional subjects. These measures were introduced to meet the new challenges and needs of time.
The educational initiative originally launched under the leadership of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama later became the subject of a dispute involving Abdul Hakeem Faizi Adrisseri, a former instructor at Valanchery Markaz and the current secretary of the Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC). Samastha alleged that efforts were made to take control of the project for strategic and institutional gain.

As ideological differences emerged, along with concerns related to Faizi’s role and the functioning of the associated institutions, Samastha reportedly made repeated attempts to resolve the issue. However, according to Samastha, the institutions eventually came under the Coordination of Islamic Colleges (CIC), a development it attributes to the involvement of Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal and certain members of the Indian Union Muslim League.


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