Known as “A Wishing Island”

“A Wishing Island”

Pulau Besar was believed produce many Islamic preacher that practising Sufi opinion. After learning and deepen religious knowledge in Pulau Besar, they are going out preaching it to Gugusan Pulau Jawa, Peninsula Malaya or to other place. Once in a while, they revert to Pulau Besar by bringing once their followers to deepening their religious skills and knowledge from the religious teachers remaind here.

Same with self-defence art master. Once in a while, they will be back to Pulau Besar for meditation to deepen their skill. Gradually, increasingly many of the visitors that came to Pulau Besar in order to meet their “wish” whether to learn theology or the art of self-defence skill. Stated this have made Pulau Besar name more celebrated and fame.

The island also called “wishing island” because most of the visitors “hajat” (wish) had been accepted after they perform a ritual or prayer' in this island. This have resulted, an increasingly number of people to try their fate here and bring up a polytheism treatment and mythology such as asking a help from old grave, stone and others. (As for Muslims, this act is a great sin that will not pardoned by Allah the Almighty until “taubat nasuha” (repented and regret sinful action that was done).

The beginning of polytheism practice and mythology that carried out in this island are immemorial. At past, this island have been made one of the places for 'safar bath' that pack with dance activity and song that visbly contradicting with Islamic law. This ritual was later eliminated after The Malaysian Fatwa Council issued a decry that this ceremony are contradicted and against the Islamic teaching. The Polytheism activity and mythology are believed started after the falls of Melaka Sultanate and the ruled of foreign colonial. And also on the death of religious theologian's remainder in this island.

Finally, no more remainder in this island and it sort of become place that ownerless. Later on the other hand, those who came to island this has made what they like including do polytheism practice and mythology above grave and other history places in this island.

Because of the increasingly growing of polytheism practice and mythology in island this, the state government had taken drastic action with demolishing and eliminate all building and places that often turned to polytheism and mythology ceremony. The government later detached an officer from Islamic Religiuos Council of Melaka government to monitored and act against this practice.