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Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait laid to rest with State honours

August 26, 2017Community Involvement / Social Issues, LeadersAzra Ismail, Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, Ibrahim Suleiman Sait, Indian National League, Indian Union Muslim League, Mariam Bai, Mohammed Siraj Ebrahim Sait, Mohammed Sulaiman Sait, Razia Suleiman, Sulaiman Khalid Sait, Tasneem Shahjahan, Zainab Baimpositiveone@gmail.com

KERALA / Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

Bangalore :

The last rites of the Indian National League President former MP, Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, who died on Wednesday, were performed at the Khuddus Sab Idgah maidan here on Thursday, with State honours. The Minister of State for Labour and Wakf, Tanvir Sait, laid a wreath on the body on behalf of the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh.

The Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi has expressed shock over the passing away of Mr. Sait. In a message, Mr. Chaturvedi said, “In the death of Mr. Sait, the country has lost a distinguished parliamentarian, a champion of minority rights and an eminent national leader. A man of strong principles and simple living, Mr. Sait dedicated his life to the good of society.”

Mr. Sait was one those political leaders from Karnataka who were elected to Parliament from another State.

He was born in 1922 in Mysore and graduated from St. Joseph’s College here. His father, Mohammed Sulaiman Sait, had participated in the Khilafat movement. His uncle Abdul Sattar Sait left for Pakistan at the time of partition and was that country’s first ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait’s mother and wife were from Kerala.

He began his political career as the General Secretary of the Muslim League in 1948 after giving up a career as a lecturer in English. He had to shift his political activities to Kerala as the Muslim League failed to build a base in the erstwhile Mysore State.

Though the League had a Minister in the K.C. Reddy cabinet after Independence, some of the League leaders joined the Congress or other parties.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Karnataka / by Staff Reporter / Friday – April 29th, 2005

Muslim League chief Banatwala dies

March 30, 2017Community Involvement / Social Issues, LeadersBanatwala, Ghulam Mohammed Banatwala, Ibrahim Suleiman Sait, Ismail Banatwala, Mapilla Muslims, P K Kunhalikitty, Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal, Shihab Thangal, Thangalmpositiveone@gmail.com

Mumbai (MAHARASHTRA) / Thiruvananthapuram (KERALA) :

Mumbai / Thiruvananthapuram

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) president Ghulam Mohammed Banatwala, 74, the national face of the minority community and a seven-time Lok Sabha MP from Kerala, died in Mumbai on Wednesday after a brief illness.

A gifted parliamentarian and orator, Banatwala espoused the cause of Muslims in Parliament on crucial issues like the Shah Bano case, demolition of the Babri Masjid and minority rights, including the personal law.

Ismail Banatwala, his nephew, said the Muslim League leader lived with his brothers after the death of his wife. They had no children. He had attended the platinum jubilee celebrations of IUML in Chennai last Saturday. “When he returned home early this week, he felt uneasy, restless and feverish. This morning he had breakfast with all of us.

At about 2.30pm he experienced uneasiness and breathed his last on the way to hospital,” Ismail said. The mortal remains of Banatwala is to be brought to his Agripada home in south Mumbai. Several of his colleagues from Kerala are expected to attend the funeral.

Born in Mumbai, Banatwala was returned to Parliament with very high margins reflecting the trust people in the north Kerala area, dominated by Mappila Muslims, reposed in him.

That this scholar who served one term in Maharashtra assembly and never spoke in Malayalam in his Ponnani constituency in Kerala did not dilute his charisma. People used to listen to him with rapt attention when he addressed them in English.

Despite these constraints, he struck a chord with the common man as he was always at the forefront of taking up their problems, both in Parliament and outside. Banatwala was the national face of IUML, especially after Ibrahim Suleiman Sait left the League and floated Indian National League (INL) following differences with a section in the party over continuance of ties with the Congress after the Babri Masjid incident.

Banatwala was one of the Muslim leaders who vociferously argued for implementation of the Sachar Committee report for social and educational support to the Muslim community. IUML state president Panakkad Muhammadali Shihab Thangal, state general secretary P K Kunhalikitty and other leaders expressed sorrow at the passing away of Banatwala. Black flags were put up in Muslim League offices across Kerala as the news of Banatwala’s death spread.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> India / PTI / June 26th, 2008