Panakkad Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal was an Islam

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ic qazi from Kerala

Kerala

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, India

India

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. He was the qadi of Wayanad. He was the chairman of the Kerala Waqf Board. He was the president of the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham.

Panakkad Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal

Thangal

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 was the vice president of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Ulama

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama

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. He was the president of DARUL HUDA ISLAMIC University from 1994 till his death. He also served as Court member of Aligarh Muslim University. He is the second son of Panakkad Pookkoya Thangal and brother of the Indian Union Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League

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 former president late Panakkad Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal

Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal

Panakkad Syed Mohammedali Shihab Ba-Alawi Al-Hussainy was a politician who dominated Kerala politics for over three decades, the former supremo of the E. K. Sunni faction of Muslims of Kerala and one of the most famous Islamic scholars from the Indian state of Kerala. He was the President of the...

. Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal is appointed as qadi of Wynad district. Thangal was appointed as qadi of many local mahal

Mahal

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s in Kerala and was the Chairman of Kerala Waqf Board.
He was an influential personality on Kerala Muslims.

Sayyid Umer Ali Shihab Thangal died on 3 July, 2008 at Malappuram

Malappuram

Malappuram is a municipality in the South Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 33.61 km2. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. As per the 2011 census Malappuram urban agglomeration is the fourth largest UA in kerala with a total population of...

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