Former Haritha members in Youth League; unrest in Women's League

MALAPPURAM: The decision to appoint expelled Haritha leaders as the office bearers of the Youth League has not gone down well with many of the leaders of the Muslim Women's League.

Women's League National General Secretary Adv Noorbeena Rasheed criticized that the expelled Haritha leaders were the ones who had hurt the party through the controversy and portrayed the League members as anti-women. She also wrote on Facebook that Islamic feminists who push Muslim girls into liberalism were against the ideals of the League itself. It is reported that this is the general feeling of the organization. Ex-Haritha leaders were made office-bearers by overlooking the objection of the MSF state committee.

Haritha's former state president Mufeeda Thesni was named Youth League national vice president, while Adv. Fathima Thahiliya, a former national vice president of MSF, and Najma Thabsheera, a former state general secretary, were named Youth League state secretaries. This is the first time in the history of the Youth League that women have been made its office bearers.

In 2016, Fathima Thahiliya was made MSF national vice president. That was the first time in the history of the League that a woman was made the head of its feeder organization.