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Sheikh Habib has close ties with Kerala, visits Kanthapuram's institutions often
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|July 16, 2025
SHEIKH HABIB Umar bin Hafiz, who initiated talks with the officials in Yemen and with the relatives of the person murdered by Nimisha Priya, has close ties with Kerala and is a regular visitor to the institutions run by Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musaliyar.
A prominent figure in the Ba Alawi Tariqa in the Sufi order, Habib Umar is the founder of Dar al-Mustafa, a religious institution in Tarim in Yemen. Many from Kerala had studied at the institution before the internal strife in the country. He figured in the list of 500 most influential Muslims prepared by Royal Islamic Strategic Studie
This story is from the July 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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