Description: Offers a pioneering exploration of how Indigenized Islam emerged in Malabar, revealing the unique integration of local customs with Islamic practices and the distinctive interactions between diverse cultural and religious elements.
Brief description: Abbas Panakkal is a historian currently affiliated with the School of History at the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Additionally, he serves as a member of the advisory board at the Religious Life and Belief Centre, University of Surrey, UK. Panakkal's current research project focuses on the diverse nature of the integration and indigenization of vernacular communities.