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{{Infobox political youth organization<br />
|name = Muslim Students Federation<br />
|logo = Msf_flag.jpg<br />
|colorcode = {{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}} <br />
|founded = 1 September 1937<br />
|headquarters = [[Chennai]]<br />
|mother party = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]<br />
|website = <br />
* {{URL|https://www.msfindia.net}}<br />
* {{URL|msfindia.net}}<br />
| abbreviation = '''M S F'''<br />
| founder = [[M. Muhammad Ismail]]<br />
| founding_location = [[Chennai]] ([[India]])<br />
| president =PV Ahmed Saju<br />
| treasurer =Ateeb Khan<br />
| secretary2 =S. H. Muhammed Arshad<br />
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}}<br />
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[[File:Muslim Students Federation (I. U. M. L.) National Conference in 2016 (Kerala).jpg|thumb|right|Community leader [[Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal]] in an MSF event in [[Kerala]]]][[File:APJ Abdul Kalam on msf Stage.jpg|alt=APJ ABDUL KALAM|thumb|Former president of INDIA DR APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurating Muslim Students Federation Campus Conference in 2011 at Calicut|260x260px]]<br />
[[File:Medha_Patkar_at_MSF_stage.jpg|thumb|right|Activist [[Medha Patkar]] on an MSF at JNU|260x260px]]<br />
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The '''Muslim Students Federation''' ('''MSF''') is the student wing of the [[Indian Union Muslim League]] party which is based in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Osella |first1=Filippo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7V6CBgAAQBAJ |title=Islamic Reform in South Asia |last2=Osella |first2=Caroline |date=2013-05-16 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-27667-3 |pages=154 |language=}}</ref><br />
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MSF is principally active in Kerala universities and college campuses. P.V Ahmed Saju and S. H. Muhammed Arshad currently serve as the National President and National General Secretary of the MSF.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2022 |title=IUML Protests Against detention of Basheer in Kanpur |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/iuml-protests-against-detention-of-basheer-in-kanpur/article65515117.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 December 2020 |title='U. D. F. ne League Niyanthrichal Thanikku Enthanu Prashnam Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan?'; Marupadiyumayi M. S. F. Deshiya Vice President |url=https://www.mediaoneonline.com/kerala/2020/12/19/msf-national-vice-president-slam-cm-pinarayi-vijayan |website=Media One}}</ref><br />
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Muslim Students Federation is the largest Muslim students organisation in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arafath |first=P. K. Yasser |date=2014 |title=Should Muslims Fear the Kiss? Body as Resistance in the Times of Hindutva |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24481052 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=49 |issue=49 |pages=36 |jstor=24481052 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref> Indian Union Muslim League leaders [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]], Minister of Education in various [[Kerala|Kerala Governments]] and [[E. Ahamed]], Union Minister of State, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], were associated with the Muslim Students Federation.<ref name=":0">Miller, E. Roland. "Mappila Muslim Culture" State University of New York Press, Albany (2015); p. 235–36</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Koodallur |first=Musthafa |date=1 February 2017 |title=Gujarat or Kashmir, Ahamed Never Minced his Words |work=Malayala Manorama |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/e-ahamed-died-profile-milestones-in-life-gujrat-kashmir-issues.html}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Msf Great Students Rally at calicut.jpg|thumb|Muslim Students Federation march in [[Kozhikode]]<br />
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== Notable former members ==<br />
* [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]], former Chief Minister in Kerala<br />
* [[E. Ahamed]], former Union Minister of State, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]<br />
* [[K. M. Kader Mohideen]], national President Indian Union Muslim League, Former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)<br />
* [[P. K. Kunhalikutty]], former Minister for Industries in Kerala<br />
* [[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]], former Minister of Education in Kerala<br />
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==Related Organisations==<br />
*[[Muslim Students Federation (Kerala unit)]]<br />
*[[Haritha (organisation)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}{{Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
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