INDIAN MUSLIM-THE UNTOLD STORY-

-O MANKIND! WE CREATED YOU FROM ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE AND

MADE YOU BRANCHES AND TRIBES SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW EACH OTHER-

WHO IS INDIAN MUSLIM (IM)?•AN INDIAN MUSLIM CAN BE ANYONE OF INDIAN ORIGIN WHO IS A

MUSLIM.• IN MALAYSIA, INDIAN MUSLIMS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS MAMAK. • THE MALAYSIAN MAMAK ARE MALAYSIANS OF INDIAN MUSLIM

 ORIGIN• LARGE MAJORITY OF IM IN MALAYSIA ARE TAMIL-SPEAKING.• PENANG HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION IF IM IN MALAYSIA

HISTORY OF IM• IM TRADERS FROM GUJERAT, GOA, MADRAS (CHENNAI) AND PUNJAB FOR SPREADING ISLAM.•  INDIAN MUSLIMS ARE BELIEVED THE FIRST WHO ARRIVED AT SAMUDERA (NOW ACEH IN

INDONESIA) AS EARLY AS 10TH CENTURY.• REACH AT TANAH MELAYU IN 1402 AD FOR COMMERCIAL TRADING AND SPREADING ISLAM.• ARRIVES BY MALACCA STRAIT AND MAKES PORT KLANG, MALACCA AND PENANG AS GATEWAY

AND INITIAL SETTLEMENT WHICH FURTHER BECOME STRATEGIC PORTS FOR CONQUERING BUSSINESS.• BUILDS MOSQUES AND SCHOOLS. UNTIL NOW, A LARGE COMMUNITY OF IM CAN BE FOUND IN

MALACCA, PENANG AND KLANG VALLEY.

Those im who have inter-married with

malays and “become malay” (mostly in

penang).

Those IM who not inter- married with

Malays but assimilated closely

into the Malay culture.

Those IM who are born in Malaysia and

speak Tamil.

Those IM who are still very much Tamil and

very poor Malay language despite

being born in Malaysia.

CLASSIFICATION OF IM

IM TODAY

• FACING IDENTITY CRISIS (LABELLED AS HINDU-REVERTED COMMUNITY)• ETHNIC SWITCHING• OVERLAPS OF SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS VALUES

FAMOUS IM IN MALAYSIAPURE IM• PU SHAHUL HAMEED (NAIB JOHAN PENCETUS UMMAH)• SM MOHAMED IDRIS (PRESIDENT OF CONSUMER ASSOCIATION OF PENANG

(CAP))• SENATOR DATO’ SYED IBRAHIM (PRESIDENT OF KIMMA)

IM RESTAURANT• Roti canai• Nasi kandar• Pasembur/mee rebus• Rojak • Mee goreng• Teh tarik

IM MOSQUES • MAJID INDIA, JALAN MASJID INDIA, KUALA LUMPUR• MASJID INDIA JALAN TENGKU KELANA, KLANG• MASJID INDIA IPOH• MASJID INDIA TAIPING• MASJID KAPITAN KELING, PENANG