SHAH ALAM, June 16 — Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has offered his condolences to Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek over the passing of her mother Datin Siti Zalikhah Md Nor.
“My condolences to YB Fadhlina Sidek on the passing of her beloved mother.
“May the soul of the deceased be showered with mercy, forgiven of all her sins, and placed among the faithful,” he said in a Facebook post today.
Siti, 75, who was born in Perak, passed away at 9.30am today at Serdang Hospital. She is survived by seven children.
She was the widow of the former Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (ABIM) president, the late Prof Datuk Siddiq Fadzil.
Siti was a member of the Syariah Research Panel under the Malaysian Fatwa Council and a Tabung Haji appointed advisory committee member for Hajj practices. She was also a Syariah lawyer with experience in Islamic Family Law.
She served as ABIM’s Head of Women’s Affairs for four terms under the leadership of two ABIM presidents, Anwar and Dr. Siddiq, from 1977 to 1985.
Siti was an active writer, presenter, and translator of works by Islamic scholars on women’s issues and their roles from an Islamic perspective, as well as the relationship between women and knowledge.
Among her works are the translation of “Women in Islamic Society” by Dr. Hassan at-Turabi and “Matla’ al-Badrin wa Majma’ al-Bahrin” by the Nusantara scholar Sheikh Muhammad Ismail Daudi Al-Fatani.
She frequently presented papers on women, Islam, and knowledge at national and international seminars.
