Puan Sri Datin Seri Panglima Sakinah Junid (10 October 1922 – 7 September 2004) was the long-serving Dewan Muslimat's Chief of

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamen ...

(PAS) for twenty years ranging from 1963–1983. She is the wife of

Asri Muda Mohd Asri bin Muda ( Jawi: ; 10 October 1923 – 28 August 1992) was a Malaysian politician who served as the President of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1969 to 1982, and as the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Kelantan. Early an ...

, PAS leader.

Education

She studied at Perguruan Diniyyah Puteri Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Indonesia as schools that formed the mindset and personality of leaders through the process of "propagation and overreach - ''dakwah and tarbiah''" that eventually made her a leader.

Woman activism

Sakinah Junid was actively involved in

Angkatan Wanita Sedar Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS; Conscious Women's Front) was the first nationalist women's organisation in Malaysia. It was established in late 1945 as women's wing of the Malay Nationalist Party ( ms, Partai Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya, PKMM). Aishah Gha ...

(AWAS) (Conscious Women's Front), the first nationalist women's organisation in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. It was established in late 1945 as women's wing of the

Malay Nationalist Party Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM), also known as the Malay Nationalist Party, was founded on 17 October 1945 in Ipoh, Perak. The party was the first Malay political party formed after the Japanese occupation of Malaya. The main goal of the ...

( ms, Partai Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya, PKMM). The organisation has also led by

Shamsiah Fakeh Shamsiah Fakeh (1924 – 20 October 2008) was a Malaysian nationalist and feminist. She was the leader of Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS), Malaysia's first nationalist women organisation and a prominent Malay leader of the Communist Party of Malay ...

. At its peak, AWAS had a membership of 2000 women. The group organised, held discussions and hosted Indonesian women visitors. AWAS members, led by Sakinah Junid, participated in a six-mile protest march against the British prohibition disallowing the use of motorised vehicles in processions. She first led the

(AWAS) Padang Rengas Branch when she was 23 years old. She led a group of 300 young people from the Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API) (API) and women of Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS) marched from Padang Rengas to Kuala Kangsar. " Along with Shamsiah Fakeh and Tan Sri Aishah Ghani she among the first female leader involved in the struggle against colonialism and the struggle for independence. She is among the founders of

(AWAS). Anthropologist Wazir Jahan Karim attributes the impetus for the creation of AWAS to the core leaders of the organisation: Aishah Ghani, Sakinah Junid and

Politics

Early on, her work in the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) was through the female wing, known as Dewan Muslimat since its existence in 1953. After ten years, Sakinah Junid took the leadership of this wing for 20 years. Sakinah Junid was known for her fiery speeches and raising the spirits of the listeners. Sakinah Junid nearly retired from politics at the age of 70. She spent the rest of her life as a mother of 10 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She suffered from

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and finally died on 7 September 2004 at the age of 81. She and was buried in the Muslim cemetery in Sungai Tangkas.

References

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