By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kozhikode: Syed Shihab Ali Jifri alias Fasal Pookkoya Thangal, president of the Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya at Karanthur and senior vice-president of the Sunni Vidyabhyasa Board, died yesterday. The burial took place at 6 pm at the Kuttichira Jifri Maqam in Kozhikode. Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar led the janaza prayers at the Jifri House.
Born in 1928, Faslubnu Muhammed Shihab Ali Jifri was an active freedom fighter. He has been in the public field since 1962. He served as the chairman of the state Waqf Board from 1990 to 1994. He also served in various positions such as the senior vice-president of the Sunni Vidyabhyasa Board, supreme council member of the SYS, vice-president of the Ma’oonathul Islam Sabha and the Tharbiyathul Islam Sabha, Hajj Committee member, etc. He was one of the founding leaders of the Karanthur Markaz which was established at Karanthur in Kozhikode in 1978.
He is survived by wife and eight children.