Police Rescue 400 Children from Horrific Sexual and Physical Abuse at Islamic Charity Homes in Malaysia

A shocking scandal has rocked Malaysia as authorities uncovered a horrifying network of child abuse. More than 400 children were rescued from facilities run by a prominent business group accused of exploiting and abusing the young victims. Police believe religious sentiments were used to gather donations while the children were subjected to horrific physical and sexual abuse. The business group is under investigation for child sexual offenses and human trafficking.(source)

Police arrested 171 adults, including Islamic religious teachers, during coordinated raids on 20 premises across two Malaysian states, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said.

They were following in the ‘perfect example” of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whose favorite wife was six years old when he married her.

“The children and religious sentiments were also used to gain public sympathy and raise funds for the organisation,” he said, referring to GISB.

Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children from charity homes suspected of sexual and physical abuse, run by a prominent business group, Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB).

In coordinated raids across two states, 402 children were saved, and 171 adults, including religious teachers and caretakers, were arrested, according to Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain.

The raids were carried out on Wednesday (11 Sept) on 20 premises following reports of severe neglect, abuse, sexual harassment, and molestation.

The children rescued included 201 boys and 201 girls, all aged between one and 17.

GISB, which operates in multiple countries, denied responsibility for managing the homes.

However, police believe the business group exploited the children and used religious sentiments to collect donations.

Razarudin revealed that the children, mainly sons and daughters of Malaysian GISB employees, had been sent to these homes shortly after birth.

Disturbingly, the children were subjected to multiple forms of abuse, including sexual exploitation by adult guardians, who then instructed the children to abuse others.

Some children were denied medical attention until their conditions became critical, and caretakers inflicted further harm, burning children with hot spoons and inappropriately touching them under the guise of medical examinations. (more here)

Malaysian Police Rescue 400 Children from Alleged Sexual Abuse at Islamic Charity Homes

By: John Hayward, Breitbart, 13 Sep 2024:

Police in Malaysia raided twenty Islamic charity homes on Wednesday, making 171 arrests and rescuing 402 children from alleged neglect, molestation, and sexual abuse.

The homes were run by an Islamic charity known as Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB), a Malaysian firm with interests in Indonesia, Singapore, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, France, Australia, and Thailand.

GISB has been linked to a defunct religious sect called Al-Arqam, a movement that was founded in 1968 and banned by the Malaysian government in 1994 as a “deviant” form of Islam.

The founder of the movement, Ashaari Muhammad, was a messianic leader who claimed to practice a more “pure” form of Islam, and wanted his followers to develop a “self-sufficient,” utopian Islamic community. Among other quirks, he claimed to be in direct communication with Islam’s prophet Muhammad.

Malaysia, which is governed by a two-track legal system that includes both secular and Islamic sharia law, deemed Ashaari Muhammad’s beliefs heretical and banned his movement. Ashaari himself was arrested as a threat to national security. He died of a lung disease in 2010, leaving behind four wives and some 40 children.

Al-Arqam counted tens of thousands of members at the height of its popularity and controlled a business empire ranging from farms to publishing houses and restaurants. Business owners who remained loyal to Ashaari’s teachings founded the GISB conglomerate, sometimes known as GISBH, in 2010. The company swelled to include 415 holdings spread across 20 countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa, with over 5,000 employees and some $75 million in assets. It also developed partnerships with Muslim corporations in other countries, like a company in Saudi Arabia that agreed to distribute Global Ikwhan-branded beverages.

GISB continued to promote some of Al-Arqam’s ideas while growing its business empire, including polygamy and severe discipline for disobedient wives and children. One of the company’s creations was the “Obedient Wives’ Club,” a group that taught women to submit to their husbands “like prostitutes.”

In an August 2024 interview, GISB CEO Nasiruddin Mohd Ali expressed frustration that some Muslim businesses were reluctant to partner with his conglomerate or invest in its enterprises due to its odd religious background.

“They have this distrust issue,” he said. “What is wrong with contributing to the betterment of the ummah [worldwide Islam]? As some people say, this is economic jihad.”

One reason for the reluctance to do business with GISB was the growing suspicion that it was using its welfare houses to indoctrinate children in Al-Arqam religious doctrine. There were also rumors of sexual abuse at these charity homes.

Reports of poor living conditions and abusive practices at the shelters were filed as early as 2011, sometimes by former GISB employees. GISB generally responded to these allegations by denying any involvement with the controversial welfare houses.

The raids on Wednesday rescued exactly 201 boys and 201 girls from the welfare houses. The oldest was 17, while the youngest was only one year old.

The 171 people arrested included several Islamic religious instructors, known as ustazs. One of the people charged with child abuse was a 19-year-old girl.

Malaysian Inspector General Razarudin Husain said the police acted on reports of “neglect, abuse, sexual harassment, and molestation.” He did not detail the allegations or identify the persons who filed them. He did, however, state that all of the raided welfare houses were run by GISB. Two of the properties were registered with the Malaysian government as Islamic schools.
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