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KOCHI: Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal virtually addressed a rally in support of Palestinians organised by a Jamaat-e-Islami Hind-aligned outfit in Kerala's Malappuram on Friday, sparking a row as BJP termed it an "alarming glorification of terrorists" and asked how the Left-governed state allowed it. The organisers - Solidarity Youth Movement (SYM) - dismissed the controversy, asserting in a press note that Hamas is a "resistance movement" and Meshaal a "freedom fighter".Meshaal's pre-recorded video address in Arabic was beamed on a screen at the Youth Resistance Rally, which...