M. M. Akbar

Meleveettil Muhammad Akbar (Malayalam: മേലേവീട്ടില്‍ മുഹമ്മദ് അക്ബര്‍) is a islamic preacher, an Islamic scholar, a religious orator and an expert in comparative religion. He is the founder Director of "Niche of Truth", an Islamic missionary organization based in Kerala and the editor of "Sneha Samvadam" magazine published from Kochi, Kerala, India. Niche of Truth has created the first website in Malayalam, about the life of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The Cochin-based islamic missionary organization's objective is to present Islam as a comprehensive religion in front of India's pluralist society. 
MM Akbar's open dialogue to remove misgivings is a major highlight of his work.
They arrange venues for questioning Islam with an open mind, and always resort to inclusiveness of people of different religions in an amicable and cordial way. 
He has held numerous inter-religious public debates by representing Islam. 
He is highly knowledgeable in other scriptures like the Bible, Bhagavad Gita, Vedic scriptures and is able to hold debates discussing and comparing the different scriptures.
His open dialogues has already been conducted in many countries like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, UK to name a few.
MM Akbar is a graduate in Physics. He has authored 38 books of which 20 are in comparative religion. 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 
The Kerala government ordered closure of the Peace schools In January 2018 and issued a look out notice for Akbar. Kochi police arrested him on 25 February 2018.
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.