A short description about history of Indian Muslim

2. 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

4. 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 OFIM CAN BE FOUND IN MALACCA,
PENANG AND KLANG VALLEY.

5. 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

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

7. FAMOUS IM IN MALAYSIA
PURE 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)

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

9. 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