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Kerala is the state which has a glorious past to claim and an honorable position in the socio-cultural map of the world. India is known as the land of religions and civilizations, and is gifted with the legacy of the largest democracy and the slogan of unity in diversity. Among other states of India, Kerala is enriched with heritage and tradition in religiosity with its persevering stance in the contemporary cosmopolitan societies in the world. Religiosity, in its broader sense, is a comprehensive sociological term used to refer to the numerous aspects of religious activity, dedication and belief, and in its narrower sense, deals more or less with how religious person is.All major world religions prevail in Kerala from ancient period. Jewish religion arrived in 7th century BC, Christianity came through St.Thomas in AD 52, and Islam came in eighth century AD. Indian religions such as Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism were also introduced in Kerala in different times. Majority of population of Kerala are followers of Hinduism which prevailed from the ancient period and modified by various reformers in different epochs. It is noteworthy that there are also those who do not believe in any religion and pursue atheist doctrines. In spite of the diversity and multiplicity in the religious and socio cultural arena of Kerala, the people of Kerala manifest an exemplary model of social harmony and tolerance which set away the roots of extremist forms of piety and fundamental concepts of religiosity. As followers of religion, Muslims of Kerala keep the traditional feature of tolerance which transmitted from generation to genearation. History of religiosity of Muslims in Kerala witnessed the fact and credit for continuity of the harmonizing character of the society in peaceful manner goes to different religious organizations of Muslims.