PAS must show it is not running short of women leaders

More than a decade after Dr. Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali’s death, her name still occupies a distinctive place in PAS’s political struggle. Ahead of the party’s general assembly, her story is being revisited as more than a remembrance. It is also being presented as a test for today’s Muslimat generation: whether PAS can show that it is not short of women prepared to lead.

Halimah Ali, the PAS member of Parliament for Kapar and a central committee member, worked with Dr. Lo’ Lo’ in the party’s Dewan Muslimat. She described the late politician as someone who refused to be easily shaken by political challenges, particularly in the Klang Valley.

“Dr. Lo’ Lo’ ’s great contribution was that she dared to go against the current and remained steadfast in facing every possibility in politics, especially in the Klang Valley,” Halimah said.

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Dr. Lo’ Lo’ ’s great contribution was that she dared to go against the current and remained steadfast in facing every possibility in politics, especially in the Klang Valley.

She said that courage made Dr. Lo’ Lo’ more than a political leader. It made her a source of inspiration for PAS Muslimat members to step forward, lead and serve the public. “She was an inspiration for PAS Muslimat to become leaders, guide women, especially, toward goodness and welfare, and confront wrongdoing in society. She was PAS’s iron lady,” Halimah said.

Dr. Lo’ Lo’ was born in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, on Aug. 2, 1957, into a religious family. Her father, Datuk Mohd. Ghazali Abdullah, was the first chief imam of the National Mosque and later Perak’s mufti. She studied medicine at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and later pursued acupuncture and alternative medicine studies in Adelaide. She served as executive director of Kohilal Medical Centre.

Her public work extended beyond medicine. She was involved with Yayasan Amal Malaysia, the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia and several religious and community organisations. Those activities helped shape the public role that later carried her into politics, where PAS now invokes her record as an example for women expected to take on leadership and social responsibility.

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She was an inspiration for PAS Muslimat to become leaders, guide women, especially, toward goodness and welfare, and confront wrongdoing in society. She was PAS’s iron lady.