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| name = Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff | | name = Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff | ||
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'''Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: سيتي | '''Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: سيتي ظل ﷲ بنت محمد يوسف; born 12 October 1963) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[politician]] who has served as the [[Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development]] for the second term in the [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) administration under Prime Minister [[Ismail Sabri Yaakob]] and Minister [[Rina Harun]] since August 2021. She served her first term in the [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN) administration under former Prime Minister [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] and Minister [[Rina Harun]] from March 2020 to August 2021 and the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Rantau Panjang (federal constituency)|Rantau Panjang]] since March 2008. She is a member and Women Chief of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS), a component party of the ruling [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=201 |title=Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff, Y.B. Puan |publisher=[[Parliament of Malaysia]] |language=ms |access-date=24 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414174948/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=201 |archive-date=14 April 2010 }}</ref> | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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In 2011, she was elected as the head of PAS Muslimat, the women's wing of PAS. She retained the post in the 2013 party elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/11/21/PAS-Muslimat-Siti/|title=Siti Zailah retains PAS Muslimat top post|date=21 November 2013|work=The Star|access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref> | In 2011, she was elected as the head of PAS Muslimat, the women's wing of PAS. She retained the post in the 2013 party elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/11/21/PAS-Muslimat-Siti/|title=Siti Zailah retains PAS Muslimat top post|date=21 November 2013|work=The Star|access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
==Controversies== | ==Controversies and issues== | ||
In July 2014, after the shootdown of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], Siti Zailah stated that in light of the possibility of "Allah's wrath", [[Malaysia Airlines]] should stop serving alcohol and revise the dress code of the female flight attendants, and especially so for Muslim females. Empower, the [[non-governmental organization]] criticized her statements, accusing them of being "insensitive and irrelevant".<ref>Hodal, Kate. "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/malaysia-airlines-mh370-families-mh17-crash MH370 families offer to counsel bereaved relatives of MH17 victims]" ({{webarchive |url=https:// | In July 2014, after the shootdown of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], Siti Zailah stated that in light of the possibility of "Allah's wrath", [[Malaysia Airlines]] should stop serving alcohol and revise the dress code of the female flight attendants, and especially so for Muslim females. Empower, the [[non-governmental organization]] criticized her statements, accusing them of being "insensitive and irrelevant".<ref>Hodal, Kate. "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/malaysia-airlines-mh370-families-mh17-crash MH370 families offer to counsel bereaved relatives of MH17 victims]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801180539/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/malaysia-airlines-mh370-families-mh17-crash |date=1 August 2014 }}). ''[[The Guardian]]''. 27 July 2014. Retrieved on 3 August 2014.</ref> | ||
During the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, Siti Zailah, the newly appointed deputy minister for women and family development brought up the question of shariah-compliant uniforms at a time when airline staff were facing likely job cuts, resulting from the [[COVID-19]] outbreak causing a worldwide collapse in travel demand, in Parliament. She faced backlash from the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia,<ref name="c19tweet">{{cite news |title=Deputy minister closes Twitter account after uproar over Covid-19 post |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/03/16/deputy-minister-closes-twitter-account-after-uproar-over-covid-19-post/ |access-date=16 June 2020 |publisher=Free Malaysia Today |date=16 March 2020}}</ref> and from both the public and former Youth and Sports minister YB [[Syed Saddiq]].<ref name="flight_uniforms">{{cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Tarrence |title=Dep Women and Family Minister slammed for emphasising syariah-compliant attire for flight attendants |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/14/dep-women-and-family-minister-slammed-for-emphasising-syariah-compliant-attire-for-flight-attendants |access-date=16 June 2020 |work=The Star |date=14 March 2020}}</ref> | During the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, Siti Zailah, the newly appointed deputy minister for women and family development brought up the question of shariah-compliant uniforms at a time when airline staff were facing likely job cuts, resulting from the [[COVID-19]] outbreak causing a worldwide collapse in travel demand, in Parliament. She faced backlash from the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia,<ref name="c19tweet">{{cite news |title=Deputy minister closes Twitter account after uproar over Covid-19 post |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/03/16/deputy-minister-closes-twitter-account-after-uproar-over-covid-19-post/ |access-date=16 June 2020 |publisher=Free Malaysia Today |date=16 March 2020}}</ref> and from both the public and former Youth and Sports minister YB [[Syed Saddiq]].<ref name="flight_uniforms">{{cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Tarrence |title=Dep Women and Family Minister slammed for emphasising syariah-compliant attire for flight attendants |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/14/dep-women-and-family-minister-slammed-for-emphasising-syariah-compliant-attire-for-flight-attendants |access-date=16 June 2020 |work=The Star |date=14 March 2020}}</ref> | ||
Within the same period, she made a post on Twitter, noting that "The fatality rate for [[COVID-19]] is only just 1%, but the chances of us dying at any moment is 100%. Renew our faith and be afraid of [[Allah]], as death is something that is genuine, and comes without invitation". After much blowback on social media, she temporarily closed her Twitter account.<ref name="c19tweet" /> | Within the same period, she made a post on Twitter, noting that "The fatality rate for [[COVID-19]] is only just 1%, but the chances of us dying at any moment is 100%. Renew our faith and be afraid of [[Allah]], as death is something that is genuine, and comes without invitation". After much blowback on social media, she temporarily closed her Twitter account.<ref name="c19tweet" /> | ||
In February 2022, she made an Instagram video telling husbands how to punish their wives for "unruly" behavior. She suggested that a husband should start by communicating and if that fails, he should refuse to sleep with his wife. If the wife still does not change her behavior, Siti recommended husbands beat their wives "gently" and use the “bodily contact method” as punishment. This led to outcries from the women's rights coalition Joint Action Group for Gender Equality and from its members such as [[Sisters in Islam]], the [[Women's Aid Organisation]], the Women's Centre for Change, calling for her to step down.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=15 February 2022|title=Give unruly wives a gentle beating, minister tells Malaysian men|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/strike-your-wife-gently-if-they-do-not-take-advice-female-malaysian-minister-says-c6bnz659s|access-date=|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-14|title=Malaysian woman minister says OK for men to use ‘firm touch’ on ‘stubborn wives’|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3166984/malaysian-minister-under-fire-suggesting-men-use-gentle-firm|access-date=2022-02-18|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Solhi|first=Farah|date=2022-02-14|title=Siti Zailah urged to resign over her marital advice videos {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/02/771384/siti-zailah-urged-resign-over-her-marital-advice-videos|access-date=2022-02-18|website=NST Online|language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Election results== | ==Election results== | ||
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==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
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** [[File:My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Kelantan|Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan]] (DJMK) – '''Dato'''' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abdullah|first=Sharifah Mahsinah|date=2019-11-11|title=Auditor general among 623 to receive Kelantan awards|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/537597/auditor-general-among-623-receive-kelantan-awards | ** [[File:My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Kelantan|Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan]] (DJMK) – '''Dato'''' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abdullah|first=Sharifah Mahsinah|date=2019-11-11|title=Auditor general among 623 to receive Kelantan awards|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/537597/auditor-general-among-623-receive-kelantan-awards|access-date=2021-02-01|website=[[New Straits Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 November 2019|date=11 November 2019|work=[[Bernama]]|url=http://www.bernama.com/bm/am/news.php?id=1788289|language=ms|title=Ketua Audit Negara dahului senarai 623 penerima kehormatan Kelantan}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Women members of the Dewan Rakyat]] | [[Category:Women members of the Dewan Rakyat]] | ||
[[Category:Women in Kelantan politics]] | [[Category:Women in Kelantan politics]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century women politicians]] | [[Category:21st-century Malaysian women politicians]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians]] | [[Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians]] | ||
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| 2020– | Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development |
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| 2008–2020 | Malaysian Islamic Party |
| 2020– | Perikatan Nasional |
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| 2000–2006 | Malaysian Islamic Party |
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| Born | Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff 12 October 1963 Kelantan, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality |  Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present) Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2019-present) |
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Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff (Jawi: سيتي ظل ﷲ بنت محمد يوسف; born 12 October 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Minister Rina Harun since August 2021. She served her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Rina Harun from March 2020 to August 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rantau Panjang since March 2008. She is a member and Women Chief of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the ruling PN coalition.[1]
Political career[edit | edit source]
She was elected to the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia for Rantau Panjang in the 2008 general election.[2] Before her election she was a Senator for Kelantan, an appointed position.[3] She won the seat again in the 2013 general election.
In 2011, she was elected as the head of PAS Muslimat, the women's wing of PAS. She retained the post in the 2013 party elections.[4]
Controversies and issues[edit | edit source]
In July 2014, after the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Siti Zailah stated that in light of the possibility of "Allah's wrath", Malaysia Airlines should stop serving alcohol and revise the dress code of the female flight attendants, and especially so for Muslim females. Empower, the non-governmental organization criticized her statements, accusing them of being "insensitive and irrelevant".[5]
During the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, Siti Zailah, the newly appointed deputy minister for women and family development brought up the question of shariah-compliant uniforms at a time when airline staff were facing likely job cuts, resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak causing a worldwide collapse in travel demand, in Parliament. She faced backlash from the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia,[6] and from both the public and former Youth and Sports minister YB Syed Saddiq.[7]
Within the same period, she made a post on Twitter, noting that "The fatality rate for COVID-19 is only just 1%, but the chances of us dying at any moment is 100%. Renew our faith and be afraid of Allah, as death is something that is genuine, and comes without invitation". After much blowback on social media, she temporarily closed her Twitter account.[6]
In February 2022, she made an Instagram video telling husbands how to punish their wives for "unruly" behavior. She suggested that a husband should start by communicating and if that fails, he should refuse to sleep with his wife. If the wife still does not change her behavior, Siti recommended husbands beat their wives "gently" and use the “bodily contact method” as punishment. This led to outcries from the women's rights coalition Joint Action Group for Gender Equality and from its members such as Sisters in Islam, the Women's Aid Organisation, the Women's Centre for Change, calling for her to step down.[8][9][10]
Election results[edit | edit source]
| Year | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 2008 | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/PAS | | Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff (PAS) | 19,344 | 54.57% | Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Mohd Afandi Yusoff (UMNO) | 14,858 | 41.91% | 35,451 | 4,486 | 78.11% |
| Template:Party shading/Independent | | Isma Airfath Hassanuddin (IND) | 330 | 0.93% | ||||||||
| 2013 | Template:Party shading/PAS | | Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff (PAS) | 23,724 | 56.57% | Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Ghazali Ismail (UMNO) | 17,448 | 41.61% | 41,934 | 6,362 | 79.27% |
| 2018 | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/PAS | | Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff (PAS) | 24,581 | 50.82% | Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | | Abdullah Mat Yasim (UMNO) | 18,431 | 38.10% | 49,639 | 6,150 | 75.08% |
| Template:Party shading/Keadilan | | Wan Shah Jihan Wan Din (AMANAH) | 5,361 | 11.08% | ||||||||
Honours[edit | edit source]
- Template:Country data Kelantan :
Knight Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (DJMK) – Dato' (2019)[18][19]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Siti Zailah binti Mohd Yusoff, Y.B. Puan" (in Bahasa Melayu). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ "Kelantan Continues To Add Colour To Local Politics". Bernama. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ↑ "Siti Zailah retains PAS Muslimat top post". The Star. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Hodal, Kate. "MH370 families offer to counsel bereaved relatives of MH17 victims" (Archived 1 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine). The Guardian. 27 July 2014. Retrieved on 3 August 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Deputy minister closes Twitter account after uproar over Covid-19 post". Free Malaysia Today. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ Tan, Tarrence (14 March 2020). "Dep Women and Family Minister slammed for emphasising syariah-compliant attire for flight attendants". The Star. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ↑ "Give unruly wives a gentle beating, minister tells Malaysian men". 15 February 2022. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ↑ "Malaysian woman minister says OK for men to use 'firm touch' on 'stubborn wives'". South China Morning Post. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ↑ Solhi, Farah (14 February 2022). "Siti Zailah urged to resign over her marital advice videos | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ↑ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).
- ↑ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Bahasa Melayu). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
- ↑ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Bahasa Melayu). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ↑ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ↑ Abdullah, Sharifah Mahsinah (11 November 2019). "Auditor general among 623 to receive Kelantan awards". New Straits Times. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ↑ "Ketua Audit Negara dahului senarai 623 penerima kehormatan Kelantan". Bernama (in Bahasa Melayu). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.