FORMER president of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (ABIM) Siddiq Fadzil died of lung infection at the An-nur Specialist Hospital, Bangi, today. He was 74.

ABIM president Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz, when contacted, said the 2018 Maal Hijrah icon breathed his last at 6.32pm today.

Meanwhile, ABIM, in a statement posted on its official Facebook page, said that Siddiq’s remains were still at the hospital and that further updates would be given soon.

Condolences poured in from the country’s leaders on social media including from foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah, Negri Sembilan menteri besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun and national unity deputy minister Senator Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal.

Siddiq was Kolej Dar al-Hikmah president, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia’s board of directors chairman and Institut Darul Ehsan chairman.

He leaves behind a wife and seven children. – Bernama, August 31, 2021.