132:, Habib Noh's tomb "was untouched by bombs or shells that fell about the harbour". Similarly, efforts to redevelop his resting place have allegedly been foiled by the spirit of Habib Noh himself, with extraordinary incidents such as "exploding bulldozers" being reported. In 2022, a teenage student was arrested for, among other things, planning to blow up Habib Noh's tomb on account of its being "un-Islamic".
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