Rodziah Ismail is a prominent Malaysian politician. She represents the state constituency of Batu Tiga in the Selangor State Assembly. She is also the Welfare, Women's Affairs, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee Chairman in the Selangor State Executive Councillor, which is equivalent to a state cabinet post. She is from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, which is part of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition government in Selangor. On 28 August 2009, a group of Malaysian Muslims staged a protest against the proposal that a Hindu shrine be relocated to a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. The 50 or so protestors marched from a mosque to the Selangor state government headquarters at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building with the head of a cow an animal deemed sacred in Hinduism and "stomped on the head and spat on it before leaving the site".