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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Abdul Latheef Naha

He leaves behind a legacy of communal harmony

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal passed the baton of his family’s rare legacy to his younger brother Sayed Sadikali Shihab Thangal on Sunday when he succumbed to an ailment that he fought for months.

The secular legacy of Panakkad Shihab family has been celebrated by the State even when people from different walks of life poured in their grief and messages of condolence over the death of Hyderali Shihab Thangal.

Thangal successfully carried forward the legacy that his elder brother Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal left in 2009; and in the last 12 years of his leadership, Thangal proved that secular ideals, accompanied by love, mercy and calmness, were the strongest bulwark of the Panakkad family.

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