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{{Infobox person
| name = M. M. Akbar
| image = File:EA Jabbar and M.M Akbar during the debate, Adv Anil Kumar,President Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham in middle.webp
| alt =
| caption = M. M. Akbar and [[E.A.Jabbar]] during the debate,which got morethan 1.5 million views on the internet alone, Adv Anil Kumar,President [[Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham]] in middle
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = [[Parappanangadi]], [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India.
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = Preacher, author
| website = [http://www.nicheoftruthonline.com/ www.nicheoftruthonline.com]
}}

'''Meleveettil Muhammad Akbar''' ([[Malayalam]]: മേലേവീട്ടില്‍ മുഹമ്മദ് അക്ബര്‍) is a [[islamic]] preacher from India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/m-m-akbar-refutes-rashid-abdullas-claims/articleshow/58770960.cms|title=Peace International School: M M Akbar refutes Rashid Abdulla's claims |date=May 21, 2017|author=Prashanth M. P. |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> Akbar used to be a schoolteacher in Malappuram, teaching physics, and was associated with the Mujahid Student Movement. Akbar never had any academic training as a Muslim scholar.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-20|title=A Kerala preacher and the textbook controversy in his chain of schools|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mm-akbar-a-kerala-preacher-and-the-textbook-controversy-in-his-chain-of-schools-5103831/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He is the founder{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Director of ''[[Niche of Truth]]'',<ref name="ArabNews10Sep2003">{{cite web|title=Arab News, 10 September 2003 Wednesday (13 Rajab 1424), Article: Muslims Must Adopt a Positive Approach.|url=http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=31924&d=10&m=9&y=2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330181558/http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=31924&d=10&m=9&y=2003|archivedate=30 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004012813580300.htm&date=2004/01/28/&prd=th&
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125084513/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004012813580300.htm&date=2004/01/28/&prd=th&
|url-status=usurped
|archive-date=2013-01-25
|title=The Hindu, 28 Jan 2004, Kochi Edition, Call to promote regional history.
}}</ref> an Islamic [[Dawah|dawa]] organization based in [[Kerala]]<ref name="ArabNews10Sep2003" /> and the editor of ''Sneha Samvadam'' magazine published from [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India.<ref name="DubaiPeaceConvention">{{cite web|title=Dubai International Peace Convention, March 2010, Biographies of Speakers.|url=http://www.peaceconvention.com/speakers.aspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620120216/http://www.peaceconvention.com/speakers.aspx|archivedate=20 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Niche of Truth has created the first{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} website in [[Malayalam]],<ref>http://www.muhammmadnabi.info{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> about the life of the Islamic prophet, [[Muhammad]]. The Cochin-based islamic [[Dawah|dawa]] organization's objective is to present Islam as a comprehensive religion in front of India's pluralist society.

He is the managing director of Peace International School, a chain of 13 schools run by the Peace Foundation. The chain came under controversy as it was found to be promoting communal division through its syllabus <ref>{{cite news|last1=Aravind|first1=Indulekha|title=Why a section of Kerala's Muslim youth is treading a radical path|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/why-a-section-of-keralas-muslim-youth-is-treading-a-radical-path/articleshow/53468470.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="ibtimes.co.in">{{cite news|last1=Krishna|first1=Srikanth|title=Kerala CM orders closure of Peace International School after it was found teaching communal content|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-cm-orders-closure-peace-international-school-after-it-was-found-teaching-communal-content-755702|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=International Business Times, India Edition|language=en}}</ref>

The Kerala government ordered closure of the Peace schools In January 2018 <ref name="ibtimes.co.in"/> and issued a look out notice for Akbar. Kochi police arrested him on 25 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Head of Kerala's Peace School MM Akbar tries to flee country, nabbed at Hyd airport|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/head-kerala-s-peace-school-mm-akbar-tries-flee-country-nabbed-hyd-airport-77016|website=The News Minute|accessdate=27 February 2018|date=February 25, 2018}}</ref>

MM Akbar has been granted bail by the court and currently all the peace schools are functioning normally. No material promoting communal division was found in the school syllabus by the High Court.
<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news|title=Peace International chief Akbar gets bail|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/peace-international-chief-akbar-gets-bail/article23010748.ece|work=The Hindu|date=10 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.muhammadnabi.info Muhammed Nabi.info] (first Muhammad Nabi website in Malayam)
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