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A new political party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy
in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province
political leaders, that was the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.
"Ashraff was a key mobilizer of support; organizing Town Hall
meetings and question and answer sessions with the Muslim youth,
where he began to get people to think critically and question
their representation by Muslim leaders under the majority
Sinhalese parties." |
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Ashraff a grandson of one of the most notable political leaders
from the east, M. M. S. Kariappar, and an Attorney-at-Law by
profession with impressive oratorical skills, and a Tamil Poet,
soon became a charismatic personality who began to espouse the
political aspirations of the Eastern Muslims.
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