Hameed Chennamangaloor ( Abdul Hameed Areepattamannil; born 1948) is a prominent social critic in

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. He is a staunch critic of religious

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. He was born to Areepattamannil Abdul Salam of Chennamangaloor and Katheeshumma of

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. He had his early education at Chennamangaloor and

Mukkam Mukkam is a major municipal town in the Kozhikode district, in the state of Kerala, India. Mukkam is located about 27 km east of Kozhikode city on the banks of Iruvanjippuzha River, one of the major tributaries of the Chaliyar River. It ...

. After earning his BA and MA degrees, he began his career as a probationary officer in

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. Later, he left the job and took up a job under the Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, as a lecturer of

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and literature. He became the Head of the Department of English at Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode in 2002, a position which he held until his retirement in 2003.

Selected books

* ''Deivathinte rashtriyam'' (''Politics of God'') (

Mathrubhumi ''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. ...

Books, 2011) * ''Marxism, Islamism, Secularism'' (

Books, 2009) * ''Beegarathayude dhaivashasthram'' ( D. C. Books, 2007) * ''Hameed Chennamangaloorinte thiranjedutha lekhanangal'' (Haritham Books, 2007) * ''Matham, rashtreeyam, janadhipathyam'' (

Books, 2005) * ''Oru Indian Musliminte sothanthra chindhakal'' (translation)

Selected articles

Mathrubhumi Weekly, 16 May 2010

External links

The Official Blog of Hameed Chennamangaloor

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chennamangaloor, Hameed Living people Writers from Kozhikode 20th-century Indian Muslims Malayalam-language writers 1948 births Suburbs of Kozhikode Indian religious writers Date of birth missing (living people)