He acquired primary education from his parents especially from his father Sayed Ahmed Bukhari, the spiritual guide of that region. Under the guidance of Beeran Koya Musliyar, he pursued his higher education and graduated with 2nd rank in Islamic Theology (MFB) fromBaqiyat Salihat Arabic College inTamil Nadu, India.[9]
Immediately after completing his graduation in 1997, he establishedMa'din Academy atSwalath Nagar inMalappuram. He has traveled world-wide, lectured to thousands,[10] and composed several works spanning education and contemporary issues. Now inMa'din under his supervision and spiritual shadow 22,000 students are gaining their education in about 28 institutions ranging from primary to postgraduate level. He is respectfully called Sayyid Bukhari[11]
Managing editor,The Journal Armonia, an international journal for pluralism and holistic education. The vision of Armonia is ‘to help bring together the best of all civilizations and religions in order to apply their common wisdom in promoting the harmonious pursuit of peace, prosperity, and freedom for all persons and communities through compassionate justice’.[12]
He has been selected one among the 500 most influential Muslims of the world (Muslims 500), published jointly by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan and Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in the United States, from 2012 -2019.[13]
Advisor, International Interfaith Harmony Initiative, Malaysia.[13]
General secretary, Kerala Muslim Jama’at the umbrella body of various Muslim organizations.[14][15][16]
Vice president of Islamic Educational Board of India (New Delhi), which runs educational institutions in India and various Asian and African countries like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malawi and Tanzania.[17][18]
Hosted G20 Interfaith Summit Conference (South Asia)[24][25]
He has been leading India's largest Ramadan Peace Conference from 2000 onwards. The conference is held on the 26th day of Ramzan every year. The conference attracts hundreds of thousands of people from various parts of the globe. The main highlight of this conference is Pledge against Terrorism.[26][27][28][29][30][31]
Planned and executed the Knowledge Hunt, an innovative learning programme which takes a group of researchers and scholars to various cultural and religious destinations of the globe. The programme covered China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Uzbekistan, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt.[32][33][34][35][36][37]
