Chaplain Sakinah Alhabshi is a Muslim interfaith chaplain, relational educator, and former corporate executive based in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., with roots in Malaysia. She has two decades of experience in religious education, multicultural chaplaincy/spiritual care, international relations, crisis/disaster response, and leadership development. She is a doctoral candidate (D. Min.) at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Professional Education and Religious Leadership. She currently serves as a hospital chaplain at St. Luke’s Health and as Director and Lead Faculty for Respect Islamic Graduate School’s Family Continuing Studies Program, where her current projects include premarital education courses for the community (@respect_gs).
Chaplain Sakinah holds a Master’s in Islamic Studies and Inter-religious Chaplaincy from the Graduate Theological Union and completed two years of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Stanford Hospital. Her Islamic formation includes an Advanced Diploma in Islamic Studies from Arees University, and traditional Islamic studies in Yemen, Indonesia, and Malaysia. She also holds an Executive MBA from GE Oil & Gas University (Italy) and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Rabata, Chaplain Sakinah also serves on advisory boards and provides guidance to several faith-based initiatives, namely the Respect Mosque, CPE programs at Stanford Hospital and St. Luke’s Health, Ziyara Spiritual Care, Yayasan Jariah-Aafiyat Foundation, iLuvQuran Tahfiz Center, Khadijah Learning Center, and Aqwa Healthcare Training & Consultancy.
Chaplain Sakinah is a member of the Association of Muslim Chaplains and is endorsed by the Muslim Endorsement Council of North America. Her recent publications include Spirituality and Religion in Advance Care Planning: Islamic Perspectives (with S. Abdul-Majid, 2024); Ziyara Spiritual Care: International Effort for Spiritual Support and Human Connection (with K. Abu-Shamsieh and T. Surapati, in Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America, 2022); and Spiritual Wellness and Resilience During Crisis (Graduate Theological Union, 2022).
She lives in Pennsylvania with her Turkish husband, stepsons, 50 chickens, cats; and loves hanging out with horses at a nearby farm.