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Samastha cannot go hand in handwith communists: Pookkottur
The Hindu
‘It can cooperate with govt., but no Muslim can be a communist’
Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS) leader Abdussamad Pookkottur has denied news reports that quoted him as saying that the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama can go hand in hand with communist parties in the State.
Mr. Pookkottur told The Hindu that there were no two opinions about the communist ideology, where a religious believer would have no place. However, he said that everyone who associates with the communist parties in the State could not be described as anti-religious or atheist.
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