Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (“Islamic Youth Movement of Malaysia”), abbreviated ABIM , is a Daʿwa organization in Malaysia . It organizes conferences, seminars and discussions, publishes books, magazines and films and runs its own schools.
history
The organization was founded in 1971 as part of the Islamic renewal on the campus of the University of Malaya . Anwar Ibrahim , a lecturer in Malay culture, assumed the leading role in the foundation . A truly charismatic influence, he was imprisoned for 22 months in December 1974 for leading a demonstration against rural poverty in Kedah . From 1972 to 1988 ABIM published the monthly magazine Risalah .
For a while, ABIM was seen as the youth organization of the Malay opposition party PAS (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia). She lost this position after Anwar Ibrahim switched to UMNO (United Malays National Organization) shortly before the general elections in April 1982 . From 1983 to 1991 the organization was led by Siddiq Fadil.
literature
- Mohammad Nor Monutty: Perception of social change in contemporary Malaysia: A critical analysis of ABIM's role and its impact among Muslim youth . Diss. Temple University 1989.
- Volker Stahr: Southeast Asia and Islam. Cultural space between commerce and the Koran. Primus, Darmstadt 1997, p. 162 f.