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Thangal received a voice message threatening that he would become wheelchair-bound if he continued to criticise the Muslim League and community leaders.
Whenever strains emerged in society and the community, Thangal intervened with an approach that was soft as well as firm, the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama writes.
MT Vasudevan Nair notes how Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal had come as a message of peace and brotherhood in the wake of the Babri Masjid incident, helping quell riots mushrooming in Kerala like it did in the rest of the country.
After Pookoya Thangal, his son Panakkad Hyderali Shihab Thangal was the only one leader to head both the Muslim League and Samastha simultaneously.
The party registered many colourful victories after he became the Muslim League's Malappuram district president and later the Kerala State president, PK Kunhalikutty said.
The proposed working committee meeting is considered decisive as it is being held in the backdrop of rival groups demanding and opposing a change in leadership.
The Muslim League state leadership has suspended party worker Rafi Puthiyakadavu for his 'unacceptable' behaviour during an earlier press conference at which Mueen Ali had levelled serious allegations against IUML strongman PK Kunhalikutty.
There is also widespread resentment and displeasure in the party over the allegations of corruption connected with the Palarivattom flyover and money laundering levelled against senior leaders of the party.
Muslim League's nemesis K T Jaleel and Thangal's son Mueen Ali Shihab Thangal have accused the IUML strongman of trapping Hyderali Thangal
A unanimous verdict of the five-member Constitution bench on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya.