KUALA LUMPUR: Mr Razali Rahmat and Mrs Dalilah Diyana are from different backgrounds and different regions, but they have one thing in common.
Both found themselves entwined in the folds of Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings , a Malaysia n conglomerate that has made international headlines recently.
Mr Razali and Mrs Dalilah were both part of a press conference on Friday , where activists and lawyers banded together with several ex-members of GISB to find a platform for their voices to be heard in a bid to seek legal redress for alleged wrongdoings of the group. GISB has been linked to Al-Arqam, a religious sect banned by the Malaysian government in 1994. The firm has acknowledged the link but now describes itself as an Islamic conglomerate based on Muslim principles.LEADERS ON A PEDESTAL
“For many that was a good deal. We were always told to never question our leaders and to always be obedient to them,” he said, adding that he had, however, been sent on “quarantine” several times at the group’s properties for questioning the leaders openly. During the press conference, Mrs Dalilah also recounted her experience of her siblings being allegedly sexually abused and tortured. She said she made several police reports on the matter.The man has since been charged with criminal intimidation, according to a report by Free Malaysia Today.
“I was born into this and I saw it from Al-Arqam to Rufaqa and then to GISB. was the same all the time,” Mr Kamal told CNA. Activists, lawyers and ex-members of Global Ikhwan Services Berhad at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18, 2024. Mr Kamal said that many of the members of his age already had at least three wives by the time they were 25, with 15-20 children being a normality.“For some, it would be glamorous to live that kind of life,” said Mr Kamal, who himself was married once and has two children.
He said there were several hostels, which were later called charity homes for children. He claimed that most of the children had parents but were labelled as orphans. Mr Kamal said that children born into the system were not able to see the reality of the world as they did not go to school and did not have any certificates.
Mr Kamal said he left the group in 2015 as he was fed up with not being able to live a normal life where he could live in his own house or go for holidays. “One day I had decided enough was enough and told my wife. She had been wanting to leave all the time as well,” he said. Mrs Dalilah said she now has her own medical supply business but that there are many others in the group who are not able to leave because they are so well indoctrinated.On Tuesday , Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution told the parliament that GISB members were still practising banned Aurad Muhammadiyah teachings despite their public claims to the contrary.
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