MANILA, Philippines — Santanina Tillah Rasul, the country’s first Muslim senator, died on Thursday night, aged 94.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of former Senator Santanina Tillah Rasul, a trailblazer, legislator, educator, and beloved mother and grandmother, on November 28, 2024. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. To God we belong, and to Him we shall return,” her family said in a statement on Friday.
