Sunny Mahal

"The Muslim community will not tolerate such moves, which help communal organizations such as the Shiv Sena gain acceptability," the Sunni leaders said.

e discord within Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (the influential body of Sunni clerics) over its stand towards CPM and its relationship with IUML (to which it was traditionally aligned) has become more pronounced with Sunni leader Nazar Faizi Koodathayi saying that as far as Islam was concerned, communism was an ideology that should always be kept away.

Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama has asserted that it would be forced to act if president of Muslim Educational Society (MES) PA Fazal Gafoor stuck to his stand that niqab (face veil) will not be allowed in the institutions managed by MES.

A notice issued by Mayyil police in Kannur to a mosque committee directing that the religious sermon delivered after the Friday prayers should not contain remarks that could destroy communal harmony sparked a controversy, following which the station house officer has been transferred.