- Indian Union Muslim League President and prominent spiritual leader Panakkad Sayed HyderaliShihabThangal died at the age of 74.
- Thangal had been serving as the vice-president of the Samastha Kerala JamiyyathulUlema, an influential body of Muslim scholars in Kerala.
- He became the president of IUML in 2009, following the death of his elder brother Sayed MohhammedaliShihabThangal.