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Palakkode Hassan
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Palakkode K. Hassan (born in 1970) also known as Kamal Hassan and Hassan Palakkode is a Malayali writer from Kerala who converted to Hinduism in 2000. He has been a contributor to many religious periodicals in India.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> Biography Palakkode belongs to Palakkad district, Kerala. He completed a five-year course, but did not work as a maulvi (religious scholar).<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> He was the first intellectual in the state to change faith. His adoption of a new name "Kamal Hassan" is similar to the high-profile conversion of Indian poet Kamala Surayya.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> Hassan embraced Hinduism on 30 March 2000 along with a Christian woman and another Muslim man.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> Organised by the state unit of the Shiv Sena, the ceremony was attended by sanyasis from several ashrams.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> It could not be held in his home village due to a threat made to his life after he announced his decision to embrace Hinduism.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> 
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