Marakkar or Maraikayar is a common title, surname or name of a sub group of Tamil speaking Muslim people of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. It is derived from the Tamil term for a boat, Marakalam. Marakalam means a boat made of wood. Muslim traders were known to ply the seas around Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka in wooden boats. Hence the name. Muslims are also known as Marakalayo by the Sinhalese speakers of Sri Lanka. A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Tamil (தமிழ௠) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Mohammed Kunjali Marakkar was the Muslim naval chief of the Samoothiri Raja Manavikraman (Samoothiri was anglicized as Zamorin) a title of the Hindu kings of Kozhikode (anglicized Calicut, also known as Kolikottu), in present day state of Kerala, India during the 16th century. ... Mosque in Galle, Sri Lanka Islam in Sri Lanka is practiced entirely by Sri Lankan Muslims, who make up approximately 8% of the population, comprise a group of minorities practicing the religion of Islam in Sri Lanka. ...
In this atmosphere of mounting uncertainty, Muslim extremism appears to be gathering momentum in the eastern parts of the island.
Muslims accuse Tamils of "collaborating" with the Sinhalese in the anti-Muslim violence of 1915.
The violence against the Muslims, the mounting communal tension in the east and the growing Muslim extremism all draw attention to the relative neglect of the "Muslim problem" in the peace process.
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