Perinbam plans to emulate Perkasa's philosophy of 'going all out and fighting for the community"
PETALING JAYA: An Indian NGO here believes that Perkasa has begun to “gain the trust” of the Indian community and that this was visible during the later’s Deepavali open house recently.
Persatuan India Baru Amal dan Kebajikan India (Perinbam) president V Thamotharam claimed that 6,000 people had turned up and it was testimony to the community’s “slowly changing” perception of the organisation and its chief Ibrahim Ali.
“He (Ibrahim) is a loving man…He is not a racist as claimed by many.
“He cares about his community and will go all out to fight for their rights. It’s something we want to emulate,” said Thamotharam adding that crowd that turned up at the open house in Sri Gombak had enjoyed the food and Ibrahim’s speech and hospitality.
He said Perinbam looked up to Perkasa as a role model especially in how the organization is determined, at all cost, to look after the Malay community’s welfare.
“We have a lot to learn from them. They fight for their rights,” added Thamotharam.
Perkasa, an ethnic Malay organisation has been in the spotlight over Ibrahim’s controversial statements on several race and religious issues.
Ibrahim had, among others, reportedly called for the burning of the Bible and had backed the SK Pristina school principal’s decision to shift the tuckshop to the toilet during Ramadan month.
The later issue was raised by an angry Perinbam with Ibrahim.
But when asked about it today, Thamotharam told FMT: “There is no longer any conflict with them (Perkasa).
“We now want to strive forward and not look back. I have no comment’s on Ibrahim’s past statements,” he said.
Thamotharam further added that his association had planned to carry out a few projects with Perkasa next year.
“We plan to do a few projects with Perkasa to help improve the living standards of Indians and Malays,” he said adding that Perimban was established in 2011 .
The association’s main focus was education and welfare of the poor children.
PETALING JAYA: An Indian NGO here believes that Perkasa has begun to “gain the trust” of the Indian community and that this was visible during the later’s Deepavali open house recently.Persatuan India Baru Amal dan Kebajikan India (Perinbam) president V Thamotharam claimed that 6,000 people had turned up and it was testimony to the community’s “slowly changing” perception of the organisation and its chief Ibrahim Ali.
“He (Ibrahim) is a loving man…He is not a racist as claimed by many.
“He cares about his community and will go all out to fight for their rights. It’s something we want to emulate,” said Thamotharam adding that crowd that turned up at the open house in Sri Gombak had enjoyed the food and Ibrahim’s speech and hospitality.
He said Perinbam looked up to Perkasa as a role model especially in how the organization is determined, at all cost, to look after the Malay community’s welfare.
“We have a lot to learn from them. They fight for their rights,” added Thamotharam.
Perkasa, an ethnic Malay organisation has been in the spotlight over Ibrahim’s controversial statements on several race and religious issues.
Ibrahim had, among others, reportedly called for the burning of the Bible and had backed the SK Pristina school principal’s decision to shift the tuckshop to the toilet during Ramadan month.
The later issue was raised by an angry Perinbam with Ibrahim.
But when asked about it today, Thamotharam told FMT: “There is no longer any conflict with them (Perkasa).
“We now want to strive forward and not look back. I have no comment’s on Ibrahim’s past statements,” he said.
Thamotharam further added that his association had planned to carry out a few projects with Perkasa next year.
“We plan to do a few projects with Perkasa to help improve the living standards of Indians and Malays,” he said adding that Perimban was established in 2011 .
The association’s main focus was education and welfare of the poor children.
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