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{{short description|Indian Malayalam-language newspaper}}
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| headquarters = [[Calicut]]
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'''''Al Ameen''''' was a [[Malayalam language]] newspaper founded in 1924 by [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman]] in [[Calicut]], [[India]].<ref name="geni.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mohd-Abdurehman-Sahib-kunhumohd-Karukapadath/6000000000411760233|title=Mohd.Abdurehman Sahib(kunhumohd.) Karukapadath|publisher=geni.com}}</ref><ref name="keralamediaacademy">{{Cite web|url=https://keralamediaacademy.org/history-of-media/|title=History of Media in Kerala|publisher=kerala media academy|access-date=2019-12-29|archive-date=2019-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001724/https://keralamediaacademy.org/history-of-media/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Calicut University">{{cite book|title=History of Mass Media |url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/cuonline/exnotif/ex4235.pdf |publisher=[[University of Calicut]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019033306/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/cuonline/exnotif/ex4235.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2016 |accessdate=11 February 2023 |pages=12–13}}</ref><ref name="twocircles">{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2009nov23/patriotism_was_part_faith_muhammed_abdurahman_sahib_union_minister_mullappalli_ramachandra|title=Patriotism was part of faith for Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib: Union Minister Mullappalli Ramachandran|publisher=two circles}}</ref> It continued its publication until 1939 when it was banned by the Madras government for campaigning in support of India's non-cooperation in World War II.<ref>{{cite book |author=Stella Joseph |title=Print and Public Sphere in Malabar |publisher=University of Calicut }}</ref>

== History ==
[[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman]] registered Al-Ameen Company in [[Calicut]] in 1923.<ref>{{cite book |author=Stella Joseph |title=Print and Public Sphere in Malabar |publisher=University of Calicut}}</ref> The first issue of ''Al Ameen'' newspaper came out on 12 October 1924, on Prophet [[Muhammad]]'s birthday.<ref>Khadar Pannikkottur (16 November 1997). "Al-Ameen, Swathanthrya Samarathinte Padavaal". ''[[Madhyamam]]''.</ref> The first issue was published with a message from [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vallathol and Kerala literary history |url=https://www.thehindu.com/search/?q=Vallathol%20Narayana%20Menon |work=The Hindu}}</ref> The newspaper was started to support the [[Indian independence movement]] and [[Khilafat Movement]], and allegedly to reform Malabar's Muslim community.<ref name="Calicut University"/> Abdur Rahiman's statement in ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'' about ''Al Ameen'' reads: "In ''Al-Ameen'', along with the local news and telegraphic messages, there will be various articles borrowed from English, Arabic, Urdu and Tamil newspapers in India and abroad. It will be very helpful to know about the news related to [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Khilafat Movement]]. The opinions published by [[Mohammad Ali Jauhar]] in ''[[The Comrade]]'' will be carried in ''Al-Ameen'' also.<ref>{{Cite thesis |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/13232 |chapter-url= https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/13232/11/11_chapter%205.pdf |chapter=Horizons become wider |title= Print and public sphere in Malabar: a study of early newspapers (1847-1930) |author=Stella Joseph |publisher=[[University of Calicut]]}}</ref>

Initially published as a tri-weekly, ''Al Ameen'' became a daily in 1930. <ref>{{cite book |author=Stella Joseph |title=Print and Public Sphere in Malabar}}</ref> In the period of activities of the Indian freedom struggle, ''Al Ameen'' crticized the British rule.<ref name="cafedissensusblog">{{Cite web|url=https://cafedissensusblog.com/2016/03/14/tolerant-protest-of-kerala-muslims-against-blasphemy/|title=Tolerant protest of Kerala Muslims against blasphemy|publisher=cafe dissensus}}</ref><ref name="mathrubhumi-1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/features/literature/independence-1.2157046|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815205652/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/features/literature/independence-1.2157046|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-15|title=കൊടുങ്കാറ്റുപോലെ വന്നു, കൊടുങ്കാറ്റുപോലെ പോയി|publisher=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> The Madras government confiscated the ''Al Ameen''{{'s}} press in August 1930. ''Al Ameen'' resumed publication in November 1930, but soon became a tri-weekly due to financial issues. In March 1939, it started publishing as a daily again. It continued publication as a daily until September 1939 when it was banned by the Madras government for campaigning in support of India's non-cooperation in World War II.<ref name="Calicut University"/>

== Legacy ==
''Al Ameen'' is considered to have contributed to the development of political journalism in Kerala. It is cited in studies of the regional press and its role in the Indian independence movement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerala Media History |url=https://keralamediaacademy.org/}}</ref>

The newspaper is also associated with the legacy of its founder, [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman]], a nationalist leader and journalist in Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mohammed Abdur Rahiman remembered |url=https://www.thehindu.com/search/?q=Abdur%20Rahiman |work=The Hindu}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191228234550/https://samagra.kite.kerala.gov.in/uploads/ebook/Class_XI/Journalism/Journalism.pdf Higher Secondary Course on Journalism]

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Advsalahuddinahmed at 16:58, 28 April 2026