The primary objective of forming an organisation was to demonstrate muscle power against the political opposition, which was the CPI(M) during that period. In the late 1980s, KT Mammu founded the Muslim Cultural Centre (MCC) in Vadakara, Kozhikkode, with the support of IUML. The organisation's primary focus was to provide martial arts training to Muslims to resist the aggression of the CPI(M). Abubacker's autobiography suggests that the MCC could be viewed as the prototype of NDF, which later evolved into PFI. According to him: “CPI(M) converted class struggle into communal fight against Muslims. The economic growth achieved by the Muslim community in North Malabar, as a result of Gulf migration, created unrest among the socially backward Hindu community, which was exploited by CPI(M) for political gains.”