Type Non-profit
NGO Area served Malaysia | Focus Islam | |
Motto "Membangun Umat Beragenda" "Melayu Sepakat, Islam Berdaulat" Key people Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman (President) Mission "Membina kekuatan keperibadian yang berpaksikan Islam serta penguasaan budaya ilmu, kehidupan sihat, perancangan dan teknologi" | ||
Malaysian Muslim Solidarity (ISMA) (Malay: Ikatan Muslimim Malaysia) is an Islamic non-government organisation (NGO) in Malaysia. ISMA was established in 1997 with the name Ikatan Siswazah Muslim Malaysia, which was later changed to Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia in 2005. ISMA is involved with Islamic propagation activities particularly focused on the Malay and Muslims in Malaysia based on their slogan in Malay, "Melayu Sepakat, Islam Berdaulat" which literally means "Unanimous Malay, Supreme Islam". ISMA now has 23 branches nationwide and 8 international branches.
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Affiliation
ISMA is a member of Allied Coordinating Committee of Islamic NGOs (ACCIN). ISMA was one of the organisers of HIMPUN.
Malaysian general election, 2013
ISMA has declared that they are not a political party and still a NGO while joining the Malaysian general election, 2013. The joining of their members were based on the ticket of BERJASA party. None of their members who joined the general elections won although Isma states that there were people supporting their motive for joining the general election.
Hudud
ISMA statements about hudud, the Islamic law, have caused controversies among the Malaysians. Its president, Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman statements about the Chinese who rejected hudud as intruder recently has caused a spark among the Chinese in Malaysia. Abdullah Zaik refused to apologise despite numerous police reports having been lodged against him. He remains a highly controversial figure.