Kolej Islam Malaya
| Kolej Islam Malaya KIM |
|
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Klang, Selangor, Malaysia | |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Islam |
| Established | 1955 |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | 1967 |
| Age range | 16-22 |
| Medium of language | Malay, English |
| Alumni | ALKIS |
Kolej Islam Malaya (KIM) or Muslim College Malaya was a premier, independent religious school in Malaysia. It is the first recognised Islamic education institute by the Federation of Malaya government.
The erection of a religious higher education institution by the Malays were started since before the independence of Malaya. It is not an easy pathway since the English colonisation is still there in Malaya. Since mass secularisation of Malays were extensively done by the coloniser, the requirement for an Islamic College become increased to preserved the continuance of religious, politics and social of the Muslim Malays. The ideas of an Islamic College were proposed by Za'ba in Al-Ikhwan magazine, 16 January 1927. Za'ba wanted an Islamic College like Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, India. The founder of the College were Almarhum Maulana Mohamed Abdul Alim Siddiqui and Almarhum Dato' Syed Ibrahim Omar Al-Sagoff. This issue were highlighted by both influential Malay-Islamic political party, UMNO & PAS, also by Melayu Raya newspaper.
Meeting between ulamak of Malaya in Muar, Johore(21–22 February 1950) which sponsored by UMNO agreed anonymously of the idea.
Committee sponsors of KIM were formed in 20 Mac 1949. Report of The Muslim College Committee were finalised on 19 September 1949. With endorsement from Sultan of Pahang and Selangor don't able to prevent the coloniser from prohibiting the erection of the college. In 1952, Tuanku Abdul Rahman proposed the College to be built in the same route as the missionary schools. Initially, the schools were proposed to be built in Skudai, Johore.
The school were built through public-funding. PAS even held a week named "Minggu Kolej Islam" for funding. It also gain funds from Chinese taikun and Arabic government such as Arab Saudi and Kuwait. The first batch consisted of 58 students with the highest students hailing from Kelantan. There are also two professor from Al-Azhar University.
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