Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia Explained

Country:Malaysia
Muslim Community Union of Malaysia
Native Name:Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia
Abbreviation:IKATAN
Leader:Abdul Wahab Yunus
Foundation:28 February 1990
Dissolution:4 April 1999
Split:Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia (HAMIM)
Successor:Parti Keadilan Nasional (KeADILan)
Headquarters:Terengganu
Ideology:Islamism
Social justice
Religion:Sunni Islam

Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia (Malay for "Muslim Community Union of Malaysia", abbreviated IKATAN) was a minor Islamic political party formed in 1991 and based in Terengganu.

IKATAN was a splinter party of Muslim People's Party of Malaysia (Malay: [[Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia]]) (HAMIM), founded by Abdul Wahab Yunus, former Member of Parliament for Dungun, Terengganu who had resign from HAMIM together with his dissident supporters after losing the HAMIM presidential seat contest in 1990.[1]

Initially the party with the headquarter in Kuala Lumpur had been tried to be registered with the acronym IMAM but was disapproved by Registrar of Societies (ROS) and finally the IKATAN acronym was used.

The constitution of IKATAN was amended to change the name of the party to the National Justice Party (Malay: [[Parti Keadilan Nasional]]) (KeADILan) and relaunched on 4 April 1999 during the Reformasi movement.[2] It was subsequently renamed again as People's Justice Party (Malay: [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat]]) (PKR) after the merger with Malaysian People's Party (Malay: [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia]]) (PRM) on 3 August 2003.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Nasib Parti-parti Serpihan. Samsul Adabi Mamat. 28 Jun 2015. Malay . Utusan Malaysia. 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: PKR watershed election, by Azam Aris, Tuesday 26 February 2008, The Edge . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025141/http://www.indianmalaysian.com/sound/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1195 . dead . July 13, 2011 . 17 April 2010 .
  3. Malaysiakini : PKR launched, promises to be truly multi-racial