The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will not allow any effort to sow religious hatred in Kerala, party State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal has said.
Opening the valedictory of a State-level ‘friendship yatra’ on the Kozhikode beach on Thursday evening, he said the religious values of co-existence and harmony should be taught in schools so that children develop them at an early age.
The Thangal recalled that the IUML and its leadership had a legacy of not wavering before threats from certain quarters to change their stand on religious harmony. “We were threatened that we would be put behind bars if we did not change ourselves. Our leaders had then replied that ‘you can lodge us in jail but not make us change our stand’,” he said, adding that the party would not let forces of hatred grow in society.
