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Dear Brothers and Sisters
Assalamu Alaikum

Another 104 ill and injured patients have died in Gaza over the past 2 days due to the lack of adequate health care. There are insufficient medicines in the available health facilities, medical equipment are in urgent need of service and repair and those requiring more intensive treatment or surgery are prevented from leaving Gaza by the stranglehold of the Israelis. Are we going to remain complacent and witness this systematic decimation of our brothers and sisters in occupied Palestine?

I urgently appeal to you all to deliver any available medicines and medical supplies to our partners (Partners International Medical Aid) for distribution in Gaza. Your contribution can save the life of a man, woman or child in Palestine. More than a third of all casualties are children!

Dear Brothers and Sisters, please respond with commitment and passion to the urgent appeals for assistance and relief from our colleagues in Gaza. May Allah (SWT) reward you all with Rahmah and Barakah Insha'Allah!

Their contact details are as follows:
Partners International Medical Aid
PO Box 1126410
Jeddah
21371

Flat 14 Tower 1
Al-Basma Towers
Al-Ameer Majeed Street
Jeddah 21371
Saudi Arabia

Contact Person: Dr Malik Abu-Regaila (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Our FIMA banking details are:
Account name: Jordan Society of Islamic Medical Sciences
Bank Jordan Islamic Bank
Branch Shmeisani Branch, Amman
Account no. 46327
Contact person: Dr Aly Mish'al (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Shukran Jazeelan
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar
FIMA RELIEF Chairman
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FIMA web-site: www.fimaweb.net



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The President and Relief Coordinators Islamic Medical Associations
Humanitarian Relief NGO's


Dear Brothers and Sisters Assalamu Alaikum
The western world erupted with protest and outrage after the 'massacre' of 6 religious scholars in a local Jewish seminary in West Jerusalem. But they remain silent after the massacre of 120 innocent Palestine citizens doing nothing more than protecting their God-given birthplace. They remain silent on the systematic and blatant violation of all human rights of all the citizens of occupied Palestine since the creation of the illegitimate state of Israel. They remain silent on the thousands who have been killed, thousands more locked without fair trial in numerous prisons across Israel, millions more driven from their homes and living in exile across the Middle-East, Europe and elsewhere in the world. Those Palestinian brothers and sisters trapped in the various occupied territories including Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem, are living under the most appalling conditions including access to basic essentials, access to health care, inadequate sanitation, contaminated drinking water, destroyed infrastructures including education, industries and other employment opportunities. More than 80% of the Palestinian population is living below the $2/day poverty line.

Brothers and Sisters, we, the health practitioners in our respective IMA's of FIMA, can make a real difference in the lives of those struggling families in Gaza and elsewhere. With a little bit of effort and good planning, I invite you to join us in making a difference! You can start by coordinating your membership and associated partners in contributing to 1 or more of the following projects:

1. Cash collections and contributions can be forwarded to the FIMA Relief Account (see www.fimaweb.net for details). All complicated cases are being managed in the Islamic Hospital and associated partners in Jordan.
2. Medicines and medical supplies can be collected and forwarded to our partners in Partners (Palestine) International Medical Aid (www.pimacare.net). See attachments for details. Please liaise with pharmaceutical companies and wholesalers for contributions in this regard.
3. Medical relief teams including surgeons, paediatricians, primary health care practitioners etc.

For more details on any of these and other projects, please contact me directly. Remember, we can only succeed if we work together! May Allah (SWT) reward you all for your noble efforts!

Jazakallah Khair
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar
Chairman, FIMA RELIEF
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• Medicines not available (25/2/2008)
• Medical supplies (25/2/2008)
• Medicines about to finish (25/2/2008)
• Dr. Ashraf
• Consumable medical supplies (25/2/2008)

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Presidents & Secretaries of IMAs.
Kindly fill this FIMA ANNUAL REPORTING form for the period 2007.
THANK YOU

ANNUAL FIMA REPORTING FORM

As decided by FIMA Council, this reporting form will save time allocated for IMA reporting during Annual Council meeting. Kindly write or type in BLOCK LETTERS.

Click HERE to download the form (in Microsoft Word format).

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Dear all in the leadership and membership of Islamic Medical Associations (IMAs)

Salams

1. Kindly check out the webpage www.fimaweb.net

2. FIMA UPDATES 72-75 have been uploaded.

3. The 2008 FIMA & IMANA International Convention in Morocco has been uploaded.

4. The Madinah Forum has been uploaded. Kindly ensure you make your bookings early.

4. Links have been estb to :
a. IMANA ( 2008 Morocco International Convention)
b. Madinah Forum
c. all IMAs that have webpages - kindly ensure your IMAs are linked, if nto kindly inform me.
d. to IOMS

5. Kindly send to me all information related to your IMAs or activities which you would like to be uploaded.
We will try to keep it updated regularly.

Humbly yours
Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
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www.fimaweb.net



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URGENT APPEAL FOR VICTIMS OF BANGLADESH'S DEVASTATING FLOODS

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Dear Readers:

Each year flooding in Bangladesh does millions of dollars worth of damage. There is a terrible loss to human life and livestock and colossal damage occurs to crops and whatever infrastructure that exists.

This year’s monsoons and the melting snow in the mountains of Nepal have brought utter devastation to the world's poorest country. Bangladesh, which is located in the deltaic region of three enormous rivers, the GANGES, the BRAHMAPUTRA and the MEGHNA is also crossed by 150 rivers, most of which are flowing way above dangerously high levels. More than half the country is under water and 38 out of the 64 Districts of Bangladesh are without adequate amounts of drinking water or food. Some two billion dollars of damage has already been estimated and the death toll is rapidly rising.

The human suffering, especially the children, the women and the old, as seen on TV is unbearable.

IMANA WILL DO ITS SHARE.

We appeal to the entire membership and all well wishers to once again come forward and open your hearts and pockets to relieve some of the sufferings of your less fortunate Brethren in Bangladesh. Your monetary contributions are urgently needed to rush dry food, drinking water and medicines to the affected. IMANA will work with agencies already on ground in Bangladesh.

Please send your donations/Zakat to IMANA via check or donate online. Kindly specify BD FLOODS. ALLAH WILL REWARD YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY.

Sincerely,
Hafizur Rehman MD
Chair, IMANA Relief

Khalique Zahir
Co-Chair, IMANA Relief



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1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF IMA KENYA
Assalamu alaikum

The AGM for IMA OF KENYA will be held on the 2ND DECEMBER 2007. PLEASE PASS THIS TO MEMBERS OF OTHER IMAs . ANYBODY WHO CAN ATTEND THIS MEETING , WE WILL APRECIATE GREATLY.

THANKS
Prof. Adam
IMA Kenya


2. NEWS FROM DOCTORS WORLD WIDE TURKEY Dear Brother Ashraf,

Assalamu alaikum.

We are waiting for update information regarding cyclone from our central office in UK, and our brothers in Pakistan and Bangladesh. We have already rolled out an appeal for volunteer medical team and relief material nationwide.

Wassalam.
Prof. M.Ihsan Karaman,MD
Doctors Worldwide Turkey Branch


3. NEWS FROM NDF ( IMA BANGLADESH )
Dearest Akhi.

During last flood NDF sent 200 medical team in different remote and affected area. Each team consisted of 3-5 physician, paramedic and other volunteers from the community. They undertook medical examinations and treatment, provided medicines as well as dry food, drinking water, cooking utensils, edible oil.

At this moment our team have not yet returned from their operations. Please stay in touch.

Kholdun


4. NEWS FROM DOCTORS WORLD WIDE
From: "anfal"
To: "Doctors Worldwide"
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Green Crescent Cyclone in Bangladesh

Following our conversation this morning and also contact with the field workers in Bangladesh. The following can be said :

Despite publicity most of the worst hit areas have hardly been reached i.e. they are in the extreme coastal areas where there are no roads but only rivers and canal systems. Our team has managed to provide a few hundred food packages and money to some of these victims on Sunday; they hired a large fishing trawler.

What the people need is food and shelter. Clean drinking water is not required because all the tube wells are deep (300m) so they are not contaminated and still working.

The contents of the food packages are as follows;
> 5kg rice
> 2kg Lentils
> 2kg Potatoes
> 1kg salt

This will last a family of 5 for about 2-3 days at a cost of £4 per package.

However, larger packets containing similar items but with extras, for 1 months supply will cost about £75. They also need blankets which cost around £2.50 per piece. They require about 500+ If you are considering rebuilding their homes then a complete tin building will cost £175 each.

The areas we are working in are; Bhola Island, Daultatkhan, Charfession, Hazipur and Pautukali District. Some of the areas are only accessible by boat and since the area is not mapped, local knowledge is vital. So far we have done one round in Hazipur and will continue Wednesday. Our work is specialized because of the locations are deep in the delta.

Fortunately due to the DWW clinic and it's medical staff medical backup exist if the need arises and they went on the first trip, so far no medical emergency exist except those injured by falling debris.

In terms of funds we are using money from our orphans project which stands at about £5,000 which is currently in the Bangladesh Green Crescent account.

All the food, medication and materials are locally available in Bhola and large medical supplies are available in Dhaka. If you wish to contact the area then call Humyun on Bhola Island on 008801711481279 he speaks Urdu and some English

We will send photo's of the relief work soon and full feedback and expenditure details will be provided.

Thanking you
Faisal Mostafa



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Dear Members Exco and office bearers of IMA's

Assalamualaikum

Please find update on the subject matter. This activity is being generated jointly by Muslim Aid, UK (I am on its board) and IMA Bangladesh which works under the name of BNDF.

Muslim Aid has one of the largest network of relief operations in Bangladesh for the last ten years.

I invite Dr. Ashraf to initiate a relief program. I can assist in passing info and safe transit of funds via UK office of Muslim Aid.

Wassalam
Dr. Tanveer Zubairi
Secretary FIMA


ABOUT MUSLIM AID(UK)
Muslim Aid is a UK based relief and development agency established in 1985 and working in over 60 countries with field offices in Bangladesh, Bosnia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Sudan. We work with all in need, regardless of their race, religion, gender, nationality or political opinion and specialise in providing: emergency relief including food, shelter and medical support; capacity building through water, sanitation and health programmes; education and skills training; micro-financing and income generation and orphan support programmes.


UPDATE ON MABFO CYCLONE SIDR RELIEF OPERATIONS
November 19, 2007

Two MABFO teams are at work in the cyclone affected areas - one in Bagerhat (working in Morelganj and Shoronkhola thanas) and the other at Patuakhali (Mirzaganj and Khepupara/Kolapara). MABFO is working in collaboration with 3 partner NGOs including Sheba Manob Kollan Kendro (SMKK) in Morelganj and 3 others including Chorkhola Social Development (CSD) in Patuakhali.

MABFO Teams in Morelganj and Patuakhali are distributing today (Nov 19) food items to 1,000 families in the unions of Doibhoddohati, Hoglabunia and Boloibunia and 800 families in Kolapara/Khepupara, respectively. The food items include 2kg of rice, 1 kg pulse, salt, candles and match boxes.

As Pirojpur has also been badly affected, MABFO decided to open another centre there covering Bhandaria and Mothbaria thanas. The team at Pirojpur will start work from today.

To further strengthen our teams in these 3 areas, additional 30 staff in Bagerhat, 10 each in Patuakhali and Pirojpur are being sent to the affected areas. These staff have been deputised from MABFO Microcredit Program. In Bagerhat a 5-member WATSAN Team has been formed with Br. Mannan as the coordinator. This team will undertake surveys, assess water and sanitation needs and sink and install tube wells and sanitary latrines where needed.

MABFO initially put a sum of Tk. 700,000 for this operation; Tk. 300,000 for Morelganj, Tk. 200,000 for Patuakhali and Tk. 200,000 for Pirojpur. With funding assurances from Muslim Aid-UK, MABFO has decided to transmit another Tk. 2,000,000 for Bagerhat and Tk. 1,000,000 each for Patuakhali and Pirojpur.

The body count continues to rise and is feared to reach, as per Red Crescent, 10,000. The immediate and urgent needs are, in addition to food items and drinking water, housing and shelter and repair and rebuilding of community structures like schools.

ECHO-USA has provided US$ 8,000 for relief operations. Muslim Aid Australia has informed us this morning that they have approved Aus$ 10,000.


ABOUT MUSLIM AID
Muslim Aid is a UK based relief and development agency established in 1985 and working in over 60 countries with field offices in Bangladesh, Bosnia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Sudan. We work with all in need, regardless of their race, religion, gender, nationality or political opinion and specialise in providing: emergency relief including food, shelter and medical support; capacity building through water, sanitation and health programmes; education and skills training; micro-financing and income generation in addition to providing specialist programmes such as orphan care. As well as supplying practical help, Muslim Aid assists communities in examining the causes of poverty and underdevelopment, and in advocating for a more just society and a sustainable future.

Muslim Aid is a signatory of the IFRC Code of Conduct of NGO in Disaster Relief, a member of British NGOs for Overseas Development (BOND), a member of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) and supports the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG).



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1. BANGLADESH CYCLONES
Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

Bangladesh was devastated by 1 of the worst cyclones to hit their shores in the past 3 decades. 932PPeople are confirmed dead with several thousands more expected deaths. A quarter million have been left homeless and destitute. Whole villages have been destroyed, roads damaged and communications and other essential services severely disrupted. Please prepare for further details of the FIMA Relief response as we gather information and needs assessment from our brothers in Bangladesh and other relief agencies (Islamic Relief, Mercy Malaysia, Doctors Worldwide, Al-Khidmat etc)

Please circulate this communication to our brothers in Bangladesh. Should you have any first-hand information regarding the cyclone, then please forward same to me. We pray for the safety and recovery of the helpless and affected in Bangladesh.

Shukran Jazeelan
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar
Chairman
FIMA Relief


2. NEWS FROM PIMA
Dear Dr. Ashraf,

Yes! It is a massive disaster.

Our partner organization "Muslim Aid" has promptly started relief work.

I am trying to contact Dr Kamrul Ahsan, who sent me an email only last week about the next meeting, I will let you know the latest.

I am trying to call him and as soon as I get hold of some communcation I will let you know.

Dr. Tanveer Zubairi
FIMA Secretary



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Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

I hope and pray that you are all healthy and prosperous in the conduct of your respective professions. We were recently called upon to relieve the plight and suffering of the millions affected by the seasonal floods in Southern Asia (Bangladesh and India) and Africa (Sudan). We salute and thank all those who have responded or are preparing to respond. Your actions and prayers will not pass unnoticed and will be rewarded in abundance, Insha'Allah. In the same breath, let us not forget our 2 "orphans" Palestine and Iraq who require ongoing support and collaboration. I humbly request that the brothers in Scientific Medical Association (SMA Jerusalem/Palestine) and IMA Iraq provide us with detailed reports of the current status in their territories and their humanitarian and medical needs to formulate a more effective and appropriate response.

Peru was recently affected by an earthquake, their worst in 30 years, killing over 600 with more than 1500 injured and thousands more homeless. The infrastructure, including hospitals, were either destroyed or severely disrupted in at least 3 cities i.e. Chincha, Cunete and Pisco. The International Community has responded with emergency medical and humanitarian aid but much more is needed in both the short-term and longer term and rehabilitation of the region. Without an immediate partner in the region, FIMA must rely on Islamic Medicl Association North America to keep us informed of the developments and needs of this South American state. Our prayers and well-wishes are extended to the affected families in these provinces of Peru. May Allah (SWT) ease their pain and suffering with expeditious relief and support from participating Relief Agencies.

We are now beset with another humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding since the start of civil war in the 1990s. Somalia has been gripped by a vicious civil war fuelled by the West and Ethiopia as its ally. The worst affected are usually the helpless and innocent citizens who have abandoned their homes and caught in the wild without basic shelter, nutrition, clean drinking water, health and clothing. The population is severely affected by malnutrition and its associated diseases affecting mostly women and children. There has been an escalation in the violence with increasing casualties since March 2007 with many more added daily! Are we going to remain observers and witness to these atrocities without action or can we expand the initiatives of the pioneers in Darfur with similar campaigns. An organization called Somali Organization for Development and Humanitarian Aid (SODAHA), a non-governmental non-profit organization, has requested medical and humanitarian assistance in the region (www.sodaha.org). They have undertaken to facilitate the logistics of any aid in any form e.g. medical relief teams, medical supplies, humanitarian aid etc. They also guarantee the safe passage of any medical team visiting the region. We are indebted to our partners in the region to provide us with confirmation of these circumstances and to act as a conduit for the provision of aid to this region. We will receive updates from them as the program unfolds. For your information and response, please note the following banking details of the FIMA Relief Account (please indicate the destination of your contribution i.e. Palestine, Iraq, Floods, Somalia.

JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
Shmeisani Branch - Amman
Account # 46327
Beneficiary: Jordan Society for Islamic Medical Sciences.
Contact: Prof Aly Mishal: 00962795990054
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Swift Code: JIBAJOAM
Full No.: (235860 - 235821) (001) 001 0046327

Shukran
Ashraf Jedaar



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1. FIMA RELIEF : FLOODS IN AFRICA
Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

We have successfully passed the first half of this blessed month of Ramadaan and continue to enjoy its numerous benefits as individuals, families and communities. However, not all of us are so fortunate to sit down with our families each evening to enjoy the delicious prepared meals or to gather in our mosques and share the Taraweeh prayers together. Africa has been devastated by deluges of torrential rain over the past few months causing havoc and destruction in the affected regions including Sudan, Chad, Uganda, Nigeria, Algeria, to name but a few of the many countries affected. The floods have killed many hundreds, left hundreds of thousands homeless and destroyed the infrastructure and essential services including health. Our previous communication on this issue warned of the spread of diseases in the aftermath of the flooding. Cholera and Malaria have already taken the lives of scores of people without shelter and sustenance.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, please spare a thought for those less fortunate than ourselves and donate generously to the FIMA Relief fund established to alleviate the suffering of those affected. We will accept any form of assistance: emergency relief supplies and equipment can be sent directly to the affected region using out network of IMA's, cash can be deposited into the FIMA Relief account (details below). All forms of contributions are welcomed i.e. Zakaah, Lillah, Fitrah and Sadakah.

Shukran for your generous contributions and support.

JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
Shmeisani Branch - Amman
Account # 46327
Beneficiary: Jordan Society for Islamic Medical Sciences.
Contact: Prof Aly Mishal: 00962795990054
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Swift Code: JIBAJOAM
Full No.: (235860 - 235821) (001) 001 0046327

Dr. Ashraf Jedaar
Chairman
FIMA RELIEF



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1) Introduction

 

From 26^th to 30^th of July 2007, we were occupied. In that recent past, we spaced our brain to store stacks of pleasant memories grasped in Lido, Bogor , Indonesia . The name of the programme was coined 9 years ago and since then it has been reappearing annually. The 9th FIMA International CAMP for MEDICAL STUDENTS this year came with the theme, ‘Excellence Promotion for Skilful Medical Students’. With effortful initiative and unsurpassable teamwork between 4 parties c*FIMA, IMAKSA, WAMY and IIMA-, the camp was finally realized (as the venue had been changed at short notice from Istanbul to Bogor , and this requires a huge amount of works!). A big thank you-note to Allah, as the participation was free of charge.

 

Modern peasantries, Al-Kahfi and Al-Azhar sheltered us throughout the camp. Apart from us, around 150 participants from Saudi Arabia , Indonesia , Sudan , Turkey and Palestine shared in this camp. This comprehensive program covered educational, cultural, social, sport, tourist and recreational activities. Meanwhile, the operations follow closely the scouting camp system. Pertaining to the direction of the programme, it is pertinent to reference the ‘brochure’.

 

"The core program of this camp focused on the skills of the ideal Muslim medical students in virtually all aspects of personality development. It attempts to boost the development of essential skills expected to be prominent features of the contemporary Muslim medical student. It helps in directing the students of medicine to be effective participants in the development of their Muslim nation and the world in general. The program format includes a series of brief talks followed by group workshops on the selected topics with an emphasis on discussions, debates and active interaction among participants. The teaching and learning is facilitated by eminent local and international speakers.

 

 

So the thrill began…

 

2) Cultural programme

 

Each morning of the day’s event were filled with the cultural programme; consisting of a series of lectures, discussions and **presentations. The topic of the lectures ranged from many fields and interests however they are still in line with the theme of the camp. In the hope of equipping participants with skills and knowledge that will help them in attaining excellence in both academic and life, Prof Hassan Bella, Dr Riyadh Abu Sulaiman and Dr Salih al Ansari were invited to enlighten us.

 

Below is the summary of the cultural programme.

 

DAY 1

 

CHANGE

By: Prof. Hassan Bella

This particular talk speaks mostly about the need for change in the Muslim world and the concept of change in Islam which is different from the west. Change must voluntarily come from within an individual and Allah will insyaAllah help along the way.

 

‘We have to keep up or we will be left out’

 

ACQUIRING SKILLS

By: Dr Salih al Ansari (president IMAKSA)

 

This is another interesting talk in this camp which speaks about how to acquire a skill. The problem with Muslim nowadays is they do not do things to the best of their ability. Works are often not performed optimally because they do not posses the skills to ‘renew and refresh’, which is essential in keeping the motivation high. The presenter issued 15 ideas and steps on how to master a skill and excel in it.

 

‘Value of a person depends on the skills/ knowledge they master’

 

DAY 2

 

COMMUNICATION & ITS SKILLS

By: Prof Hassan Bella

 

Islam urges positive communication and our Prophet is the best communicator as there are evidences that he used purposely body language, spoke at the level of people’s minds and used to repeat 3 times until people understood.

The skills of effective communication are important for medical students as this is our main asset in our field in order to get patient’s trusts and attention. Prof Hassan Bella presents on the importance of communication, their objectives and ways of achieving effective communication especially verbal communication.

 

‘Hearing is by the eyes’

 

TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATION

By: Dr Riyadh Abu Sulaiman (V. President of IMAKSA)

 

Quoting Dr Riyadh, ‘killing time is not just a crime; it is a murder because time is life’, makes me wonder on the importance of time and thus the skills on its management and organization. The gravity of Islamic perspective on time is very big as stated in al Quran and Hadeeth. For example, how Islam stresses on prayer time and that Allah had swore on time in Suratul-Asr.

 

‘Doing the right thing is more important than doing the things right’

 

DAY 3

 

TIPS & TRICKS FOR MEDICL PROFESSIONALS

By Dr Riyadh Abu Sulaiman

 

This is a short interactive talk on computers skills which was not only enjoyed by the students but also the doctors! Computer and electronic gadgets can be stressful for some people. However by knowing the right ways and some tricks, we can get the same results while being economical in terms of time and cost. Dr Riyadh gave a short talk on slide master, photography storing, duplicates, file transferring and others. The best thing is when he had prepared the actual slides for the tips therefore the participants did not only grasp the ideas but also know how to do it!

 

 

SUCCESFUL PRESENTATIONS

By: Prof Hassan Bella

 

Prof Hassan Bella provided the participants with the principles of A successful presentation. It is vital that the presenter has concern on both, his appearance and the content of the presentations. An effective presentation will be a 2-way and interactive session.

 

‘If I hear it, I forget it,

If I see it, I remember it,

If I do it, I know it’.

 

DAY 4

 

LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS

By: Dr Salih Al Ansari

 

It’s the 4^th day and the participants are already exhausted with 3-full days of lectures and outdoor activities. Therefore, Dr Salih tries to deliver his speech in the simplest and quickest way. He got the participants to divide themselves into 4 groups and discuss among the group members on whether the real agent of change is the leader or the community. The philosophy behind this activity is not the resolution of our discussion but it is a medium for him to find true leaders among the participants. This is because, he does not assign any leaders for the groups, the participants must arrange themselves and a true leader among the group members will feel responsible to navigate the discussion.

 

‘A good leader is a good forecaster’

 

LIFE SKILLS

By: Dr Salih Al Ansari

 

Life skill is the ability, behaviour, or habit applied throughout life that enables one to cope with people and situations, and to achieve success. Life skills are divided into 3 groups which are social, intellectual and emotional. For example, the social skill needed in making friendship, intellectual skill in making decision and emotional skill in coping with loss. This particular skill is different from the other skills as it cannot be taught through lectures and group discussion but one has to face something in real life and learn from it.

 

3) Complementary programme

 

As for any camp in the heart of nature, one would look forward to mingle with nature and get our hands and boots dirty. We kick started our outdoor activities with trekking across the hills of Bogor . The picturesque adventure had us climbing up hills, leaping over streams, tripping over rocks, gaping in awe (especially the Arabs who have deserts as their field trips back home) at breathtaking views of mountains, running across agricultural fields, peeking into chicken huts, chasing farm lorries, and stopping to play with the local children and chat with the local elderly. This gave us a great introduction to the beautiful ‘rain city’ of Indonesia , where agriculture was at its best.

 

For the next few days, our afternoons were packed with outbound activities, which are outdoor activities designed to teach us the reality of teamwork, trust and loyalty. Each group activity was tailored to teach us a life lesson and somehow measured the extent of our unity as a group and leadership. There were no specific learning outcomes; each group’s learning experience was unique. After warming up our stiff unused muscles and preparing our worried minds for the highlight of our outbound, we managed to throw away our fears and fly fox our way down the slope which indeed was an exhilarating experience. With that task accomplished, each of us went back proudly to our dormitories carrying in our hearts the belief that any challenge is possible, with faith.

 

Being compassionate doctors in the making, we valued the chance to serve the local community with any little medical knowledge we had. The community service program aimed to educate the local school kids about anaemia, including subtopics of nutrition, iron deficiency, altitude effects, and intestinal parasites. The session was packed with fun learning interactive activities such as sing-along, quizzes with presents and bombarding questions from the inquisitive kids. We gathered their weight and height to calculate their BMI, along with relevant details in aid of a research on altitude and anaemia. Serum haemoglobin measurements, which were initially proposed, had to be cancelled due to hygienic purposes. The day was wrapped up with an informal friendly basketball match with the kids, who proved that boy; we have truly aged through the years.

 

4) Cultural performance

 

On the boy’s side, cultural performance enlivened each night, even passing the time’s boundary engraved by closing ceremony. The four groups (Ashbilia,Cordova,Tolaitelah,..ooh I forgot) were led by four leaders, and assisted by eight sub-leaders. Accumulated creativity from five countries, amounted to unique, colourful and interactive performances ranging from sketches, songs/nasheeds/anthems, and games and were delivered in the pentad of language. The nights witnessed the richness of Arabic people with their numerous songs i.e. ghuraba’ (far relatives) and ***kurubu’ (keropok), the Sudanese who loyally wore their own tradition outfits, the Turkish with their good pronunciation of Malay words, and the Indonesian with their hilarious jokes and Achehian dance. That very night also visibly brought joy to a Palestinian participant, made me realized that we can find happiness even in the darkest time.

 

Separately held, the cultural night for female participants was filled with various songs sung by Indonesian participants according to their ethnicity which are Java, Sunda and Acheh. The Javanese girls sang songs i.e. ****Cublak-cublak suweng, Suwe ora Jamu, Jaranan, Perahu Layar and Rek ayo rek. The Sundanese danced ‘Jaipong’ dance to accompany Manuk Dadali and Bubuy Bulan songs. Another group representing Acheh, Sumatera sang the song "Kampuang nan jauh di mato". Consequently, Saudi Arabian girls promoted their unique custom of bride reception which includes singing and dancing. The vein of excitement swelled towards the end of the night as together, we performed a popular dance in Indonesia called ‘Ponco Ponco’ which often livens up particular celebrations.

 

5) Personal experience

 

Pushing the boundary; is the gist which I relished from this camp. The high expectation since the prelude of the programme was finally matched. I faced each day with accumulated modicum of ups and downs experiences and felt satisfaction at the paramount of it. Knowledge, leadership, brotherhood, teamwork, survival, creativity and issue of confidence flooded those days. Dr Musa Nordin’s one-day visit to deliver his talk solidified my contentment for the camp and refreshed my pride to be a Malaysian. Collapsed in exhaustion the minute I sat in the ‘Angkot’ seat to leave Bogor , I quietly regarded the camp as the best programme ever I have attended.

-Hilmi-

 

My first attendance to a FIMA camp has left me with nothing but fond memories. The instantaneous, effortless lifelong friendships formed with the Indonesians and Arab Saudis, regardless of language barriers and cultural differences were a treasure kept close to our hearts. It made me realize that physical factors aside, our hearts are about the same; all striving for the love of Allah, and that is what brings us close. The inspiring speakers stimulated me with a burning desire to strive towards excellence in the medical field, not only academically but in all aspects - as they say, a well rounded Muslim doctor. We are all imperfect servants on this fertile soil provided by Allah. Our personal talents are to be eventually discovered and nurtured for the benefit of humanity. -Yati-

 

The bond of sisterhood that I embraced in this is camp is priceless and cannot be compared with all the other experience put together. Networking is vital in our medical profession, so I hope I can still keep in touch with the sister’s from Saudi and Indonesia . The outdoor activities taught us survival skills and was a defining factor which bonded the sisters. I am proud to say that is the second time I attended a FIMA Student Camp and I would probably come again next year.

-Hajar-

 

6) Conclusion

 

As a whole, we recommend fellow medical and allied health students out there to experience the sensation of this annual camp, next year (2008). We purposely concealed our individual percentage of involvement in the camp in this semi-formal report as we perceive the next newcomers will enliven FIMA camp with their own creative way. Needless to say, spending money for attending beneficial event like this because of Allah is unquestionably a worthwhile experience. With His will, He will replace the money with something more valuable, as what He has promised in the Holy Quran.

 

And Allah knows best. Salam

Engraved by:

Mohd Hilmi Senin@Nordin Newcastle University Upon Tyne 2nd year

Hajar Marlina Zulkifly University College of Dublin 3rd year

Farihah Abdul Ghani Royal College Surgeon of Ireland 5th year

Nurhayati Alias Trinity College Dublin 5th year

Nurul Shahidah Zulkepli University College of Dublin 2nd year

______________________________________________________________

• Islamic Medical Association of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (IMAKSA)
• World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY)
• Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA)
• Indonesia Islamic Medical Association (IIMA)

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3rd INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM LEADERS’ CONSULTATION ON HIV/AIDS
ADDIS ABABA
ETHIOPIA
23RD JULY - 27TH JULY 2007

Organised by : The Islamic Medical Association of Uganda
The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council
The Ethiopian Muslim Development Agency


Sponsored by :
USAID
PEPFAR Ethiopia
Constella Futures

Partners : UNAIDS, World Conference of Religions and Peace,
Family Health International, ActionAid,
Population Services International,
National Agency for the Control of AIDS - Nigeria


RESOLUTIONS :The 3rd International Muslim Leaders Consultation on HIV/AIDS took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-27 July 2007, with more than 150 participants from 29 countries. The theme of the consultation was "The Islamic Approach to HIV/AIDS: Enhancing the Community Response." We, the participants, resolve as follows:

1. To urge all Muslim communities and their leaders to be concerned with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to continue the "Jihad on AIDS."


2. To implement the five components of the Islamic Approach on HIV/AIDS (IAA):
   • Believing in Allah
   • Acquiring scientific knowledge on HIV/AIDS
   • Making use of relevant islamic teachings and practices
   • Forming partnerships with religious leaders and their administrative structures
   • Making use of the concept of Jihad Nafs In providing services (prevention, treatment, care and support, stigma reduction, and life skills) to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Muslim communities.


3. To encourage all Muslim leaders to integrate the IAA in their preaching, teaching and community programs.


4. To engage Muslim women and youth organizations in providing peer education and training on HIV/AIDS.


5. To endeavor to mobilize all Islamic educational institutions to address HIV/AIDS


6. To conduct research to evaluate the impact of the IAA in Muslim communities


7. That stigma, denial and discrimination against people living with HIV or AIDS (PLHA) is unacceptable.


8. To show compassion and mercy to PLHA, facilitate access to treatment, and enable them to feel fully accepted in local Muslim communities


9. To encourage everyone to go for HIV counseling and testing, especially those preparing for marriage.


10. To work towards the establishment of an International Islamic Fund to support the implementation of the IAA


11. To strengthen collaboration with other partners in a collective response to HIV/AIDS consistent with the IAA


12. To promote inter-religious cooperation on HIV/AIDS consistent with IAA
13. To advocate that international organizations and other key stakeholders recognize the Islamic Approach as an integral component in the global response to HIV/AIDS


14. To urge our respective governments and international organizations to support and finance the IAA


15. To form an international IAA network under the coordination of the International Center for the Promotion of the IAA in Uganda. The IMLC International Advisory Committee is to formulate the operational guidelines for this network.


16. To constitute ourselves into the general assembly of community coordinators of IAA in the network.


17. To establish a Muslim women’s forum within the IAA network to address women’s issues on HIV/AIDS.

FIMA UPDATES 68
Dear All
At the FIMA International Conference in Istanbul, I delivered a presentation on al-Madinah - Knowledge Economic City. And among others sensitised all to the upcoming conference in al-Madinah. Kindly find in this updates a preliminary announcement on this international conference.

Dr. Musa
President

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Knowledge/IT Based Development (ICKID 2008)
Le Meridien Hotel, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
March 25-27, 2008

Madinah once a beacon of knowledge for the world is planning to become a "Center of Knowledge" and serve as a Catalyst for the Renaissance and Revival of the Muslim Ummah. In a continuously changing world with technological, scientific, economic and social challenges, innovative and creative solutions are needed to compete in a civilized society.

Be a part of the action!

Add to the discussions in Madinah. Help to make this world a better place to live in. Can Muslims attain their proper leadership role in the world of engineering, science and technology? How Madinah can become a cluster of knowledge based economy? How the underdeveloped world can go on fast track to bridge the digital gap? Share your expertise with other engineers, scientists, physicians, professionals, business and government leaders. What are the challenges and what are the solutions? Submit an abstract on:

• TECHNOLOGY: Effective technology for enabling sustainability, improved standard of living, eliminating poverty and use of natural resources. Advanced technologies such as nanotechnogy, communication and VoIP for bridging the gaps.
• FUNDAMENTALS: Fulfilling the mission critical for education, research and development, cluster formations, attracting and developing talent pool, and capital formation.
• PARTNERSHIPS: Building partnerships with government, educational institutions and industry.
• THE MARKETPLACE: Understanding the needs of the global marketplace, identifying technology gaps, and solutions for the future.
• Historical Perspective: Muslims achievements of the past and failure of the present, lessons learned and way forward.
• Health Care: Addressing challenges created by rapidly advancing technology at beginning and end of life ex-IVF, EOLC care, cancer care in developing countries, cost effective universal health care, nutrition and clean water, developing appropriate health care facilities at Madinah focusing on research, palliative care and or institutions of higher learning.

Conference Sponsored By: Islamic Medical Association of North America, Association of Muslim Scientists & Engineers, Federation of Islamic Medical Associations, Saudi Engineering & Medical Associations, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and Madinah Knowledge Economic City.

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Knowledge/IT Based Development (ICKID 2008)
Le Meridien Hotel, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
March 25-27, 2008

The 2008 International Conference on Knowledge/IT Based Economic Development will be held during March 25-27, 2008 at the Le Meridien Hotel located in the historic city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum that brings together people from academy, industry, government agencies and practitioners in the fields of science and engineering to discuss and exchange ideas, research results, development activities, and applications related to knowledge/IT based development. There will also be sessions on entrepreneurship. The conference is organized in a way that facilitates a high degree of interaction, networking, and discussion among the conference participants. The conference will involve two main tracks - ICKID in the Engineering Sector and ICKID in the Health Sector. The Program Committee solicits original papers and proposals for invited sessions, tutorials, workshops and panels on the latest trends and advancements in knowledge/IT based development especially related to health science and engineering topics. Additional information on the conference can be found at the conference website (under development).

Paper Submission Guidelines: Prospective authors are invited to submit a 300-word abstract for review by November 15, 2007. The abstract must be written in English and should be sent electronically to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (medical) and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (technology and others). Acceptance is based upon review of the abstract. Published works will not be accepted. Decisions of the Papers Review Committee will be transmitted to the authors by December 31, 2007. Final paper submission instructions will be provided with the acceptance notification and made available at the conference web site.

Organizing Invited Sessions, Workshops and Panel Discussions: Prospective organizers of sessions should submit proposals containing a description of the proposed session and related activity to the conference program chair. The first page of the draft proposal should include the title of the proposed session or workshop or panel, name of the organizer with affiliation, mailing address, email address, phone and fax numbers.

Exhibition: An exhibition from different vendors (industry, educational institutions, government agencies and other related institutions) is planned for the duration of the conference. Interested parties should contact Mr. Zubayer Anderson (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference.

Registration: Conference registration fee: $100. A limited number of conference registration fee waivers are available. Please contact the Conference Program Chair.

Conference Co-Sponsors: AMSE, IMANA, FIMA, FEIIC, KSUST, and IEEE (Saudi Arabian Section).



FIMA UPDATES 66
1. SOUTH ASIA & SUDAN RELIEF
Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

I pray that you and your families are all well, Insha'Allah. South Asia (India and Bangladesh) and Africa (Sudan) were ravaged by the seasonal Monsoon storms causing death and widespread destruction in these respective regions. Millions have been displaced from their homes, sheltered in temporary dwellings without basic emergency support i.e. drinking water, sanitation, food, blankets, clothing, medical attention and supplies. Notwithstanding the hundreds of dead and missing, the thousands of injured without proper medical attention but the millions of helpless citizens at risk of further disease and morbidity from water-borne infections and malnutrition, if we do not act immediately and decisively.

We call on all like-minded IMA's to mobilize their resources and partnership networks to assist the agencies already on the ground. Your assistance can either take the form of cash contributions to the FIMA Relief Account or emergency supplies delivered directly to the affected regions. Your cash contributions can be deposited into the FIMA Relief bank account:

JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
Shmeisani Branch - Amman
Account # 46327
Beneficiary: Jordan Society for Islamic Medical Sciences.
Contact: Prof Aly Mishal: 00962795990054
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Swift Code: JIBAJOAM
Full No.: (235860 - 235821) (001) 001 0046327

We appeal to the IMA's in these and surrounding regions to regularly update us with assessments of the damages, the available resources on the ground, how effective (or not) these are, your immediate and chronic requirements and whether medical personnel are required

IMA Sudan have kept us up-to-date with the latest developments in their country. We thank you for your time and sacrifice which will not go without due reward from Allah (SWT).

Shukran Jazeelan
Ashraf Jedaar
FIMA Relief


2. RELIEF UPDATES FROM IMA NORTH AMERICA
Thanks Br. Ashraf for your email and bringing our attention to this tragedy of huge magnitude. I am requesting IMANA to rush funds to FIMA account from zakat fund immediately. Need is now and those who barely survived this disaster desperately need our assistance. Thanks

Dr. Parvaiz Malik
IMANA



FIMA UPDATES 65
MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE

KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE

1-2 SEPTEMBER 2007

Click HERE to view/download dinner talk invitation
Click HERE to view/download the official poster
Click HERE to view/download the official brochure

BIOGRAPHIES OF INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

1. WALEED ALY : "MUSLIM WOMEN AS A BATTLE FIELD"
Waleed Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University, and a board member of the Islamic Council of Victoria, the peak representative body for Victorian Muslims. He manages the Council’s media operations, and this year, Waleed was listed in The Bulletin Magazine's Smart 100.

Waleed appears regularly in mainstream media, particularly as a political and social columnist in Australia's highest-profile mainstream newspapers. He has written numerous articles dealing specifically with practices and attitudes towards Muslim women, such as "A smarter way to fight for Muslim women" in The Age which can be found here, and "Religion is no defence" in The Australian, a version of which can be found here. He has been commended at both the Walkley Awards and the Quill Awards for his commentary. His book, People Like Us, will be published by Pan Macmillan later this year, and features an extensive chapter on oppressive discourses surrounding Muslim women.

Waleed is also a White Ribbon Day Ambassador for the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and co-ordinated Melbourne mosques to address the topic of domestic violence in their Friday khutbas to commemorate White Ribbon Day.

A co-host of The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on Radio 774 ABC Melbourne, one of Melbourne's highest ratings morning shows, and a panellist on Salam Cafe, an award-winning community television show screened nationally, Waleed holds honours degrees in Chemical Engineering and Law. Previously he was a commercial lawyer with experience also in family law and human rights law.

In 2006, Waleed was one of 90 young Australians chosen to attend the Australian Future Directions Forum to generate ideas for the next 20 years of Australia's future.


2. Dr. M. HAYTHAM AL-KHAYAT : ISLAM AND GENDER
Dr. Al-Khayat is an eminent Muslim scholar who is a distinguished member of the Board of Trustees of the International Union for Muslim Scholars. He is Senior Policy Adviser to the Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office and the Director of the WHO Arabic Programme.

He taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University and Brussels University for 22 years.

Dr. Al-Khayat is a member of the Academy of Arabic language in Damascus, Cairo, Baghdad, Aligarh and the new Academy of Science and is a member of the

Board of Governors of the Islamic Organisation for Medical Sciences.

In addition, he is a member of more than 20 scientific societies in various Arab, European, and American countries, including the Royal Society for Health (UK), the Academy of Political Sciences (USA), the National Geographic Society (USA), the Planetary Society (USA), American Institute of Biological Sciences, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Al-Khayat is Editor-in-Chief of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, author of 20 books in Arabic, French and English, including some dictionaries, and published more than 70 articles in various fields, in Arabic, English, French, German and Italian.

Dr. Al-Khayat holds an M. D. from Damascus University and a Ph. D. from Brussels University in Belgium. He has studied Islamic Sciences in Damascus for almost 20 years.


2. DR. HEBA RAOUF : "MUSLIM WOMEN AT THE CROSS-ROADS - CULTURAL & TRADITIONAL VALUES vs RELIGIOUS IMPERATIVES"
Dr. Heba Raouf, a multilinguist adept at Arabic, English, German and French is a wealth of knowledge and experience. With a Bachelors and Masters in Political Science and a Ph.D in Political Theory, Dr. Heba is formidable indeed. A lecturer of political theory at the Department of Political Science, Cairo University since 1987, she has an exhaustive list of publications to her name, both in English and Arabic. These include :
" Women and Politics: An Islamic Perspective"
"The Political Imagination of Islamist: A Conceptual Analysis"
"Islam and Secularism in The Middle East"
" Beyond Methodological Modern Global Civil Society and Multi-Culturalism"

"Globalisation, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts"

She is the co-founder, advisor and editor of www.islamonline.net. She travels extensively, doing lecture tours in New York, Boston and London and is a regular speaker at many inter-faith dialogues.

Dr. Heba was also on the prestigious Member of the Council of 100 for Western - Islamic Understanding, and the Religious Leaders Forum of the World Economic Forum Annual meeting in Davos from 2003 - 2006

She is the proud mother of three children.


3. SUSAN CARLAND : "LIFTING THE VEIL - AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM OF THE YEAR SPEAKS HER MIND"
Susan Carland is a lecturer in the school of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University where she specialises in gender studies and sociology, and is also a researcher for the Centre for Muslim Minorities and Islam Policy Studies at Monash University. Susan is currently completing her PhD, researching leadership challenges facing Western Muslim women. In 2004, she was awarded 'Australian Muslim of the Year'.

In addition to her research interests, Susan is a grass-roots youth worker with Muslim young people at the Islamic Council of Victoria. Susan is a creator and panelist on the multi-award winning national community television program Salam Cafe, and is often consulted for commentary about Islam and Muslims in a variety of mainstream media.

Susan has been invited to speak extensively to Muslims and non-Muslims around Australia and internationally on Islam, Muslim women and the Australian Muslim experience, with appointments as varied as the International Women's Day address at Victorian Parliament House, Chatham House in London, and as a panelist for Issues Deliberation Australia: Muslims and non-Muslims in Australia. Susan is a state-coordinator for the Train the Trainers Course in Dawah and Dialogue. She is married with 2 children.



FIMA UPDATES 64
Dear all IMA Members

Beware of fraudulent email essages seeking financial help
Worse still they are using email addresses of our members
See below :-
I just received this from one of our members
I checked with our IMAKSA brothers and Dr. Salih is in Saudi Arabia NOT NIgeria.
BEWARE AND CHECK FIRST.
Pass this message to other brothers.

Dr. Musa

----- Original Message -----
From: salih alansari
To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: An emergency

Al salamu Alaikum,
I am in a hurry writting this mail, I had travelled to Nigeria for official purposes, Unfortunately for me all my money was stolen at the hotel where i lodged, I am so confused right now, I dont know what to do or where to go, i left my mobile at home i didnt bring it along and i only have access to emails for communication,Please can you send me $3000 today so i can return home, As soon as i get home i will refund it immediately.. Please keep this to your self only.

Best regards
Salih Ansari

ASA,
Please let all the IMA members know that this has already happened to one of the Council members of IMANA. Please make sure to change your e-mail passwords regularly, and never trust any e-mails regarding being lost in Nigeria!

Shiraz Malik



FIMA UPDATES 63
17 July 2007
The President and Relief Coordinator
Islamic Medical Associations
Related NGO’s

Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

Sudan has been severely affected by the worst seasonal floods experienced in decades causing widespread destruction in various regions of Sudan. Available information confirmed the following facts:

• States affected: Khartoum, Kassala, Nile River and White Nile, Kordofan and Sinar
• More than 100 000 homes destroyed displacing more than 1 000 000 people
• Emergency response requested the following relief material:
  • Tents, shelter
  • Clothing and Blankets
  • Food
  • Medicines and other emergency medical supplies

Please mobilize your membership and other relief organizations in your respective countries by either contributing with disaster and relief material or raising cash contributions and forwarding your response to Mr Hasab O Rasool, the Executive Director of IMA Sudan, on any of the following:

Tel: 00249155122247
Fax: 00249155122246
Mobile: 00249912301191
E mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Your cash contributions can be deposited into the FIMA Relief bank account:
JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
Shmeisani Branch - Amman
Account # 46327
Beneficiary: Jordan Society for Islamic Medical Sciences.
Contact: Prof Aly Mishal: 00962795990054
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Swift Code: JIBAJOAM
Full No.: (235860 - 235821) (001) 001 0046327

We will keep you informed of developments as they unfold. May you all be rewarded for your generous contributions, Insha’Allah.

Jazakumallah Khair
Dr Ashraf Jedaar
FIMA RELIEF Coordinator
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FIMA UPDATES 62
FLOOD DISASTER IN SUDAN

Dear Brothers & Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

We are sorry to inform that severe floods have struck many states in Sudan "Khartoum, River Nile, White Nile, Kassala, Kordofan and Sinnar states".

The floods destroyed more than 100,000 houses and displaced more than 1,000.000 people.

Your Muslims brothers in Sudan are waiting anxiously for your help. We are in desperate need of food, shelter, medicine and, environmental health materials.

We are ready to receive any kind of relief in Khartoum airport without any procedures or custom checks.

Contacts in Sudan :
Executive Director SIMA
Hassabo alRasool alTaip
Sudan Islamic Medical Association

Tel: 00249155122247
Fax: 00249155122246
Mobile: 00249912301191
E mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Ashraf
Chief Coordinator
FIMA RELIEF
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FIMA UPDATES 61

24th FIMA COUNCIL MEETING

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

12-13 JULY 2007

ELECTION OF NEW EXCO MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2005-2007

Term of office :13 JULY 2007 - JULY 2009

President Executive Director Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Committee Members

: Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin (Malaysia) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Dr. Aly Mishal (Jordan) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Dr. Salih al-Ansari (Saudi Arabia) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Dr. Tanveer Zubairi (Pakistan) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Prof. Munir Gharaibeh (Jordan) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Dr. Parvaiz Malik (USA) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Dr. Ashraf Jedaar (South Africa) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. : Prof. Mamoun Homeida (Sudan) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FIMA UPDATES 60
13 JULY 2007
OPENING CEREMONY
FIMA & HYATT FOUNDATION JOINT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION ON STD, HIV/AIDS & BIOETHICS
BALLROOM, TOPKAPI ERESIN BARCELO HOTEL
ISTANBUL

Assalamualaikum WBT and a very good evening

Distinguished guests, brothers & sisters.

On behalf of the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations ( FIMA ) I would like to welcome all the participants to our Joint International Scientific Convention on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV / AIDS and Bioethics.

I would like to thank all our brothers & sisters in Turkey under the distinguished chairmanship of Prof. Ihsan Karaman for the excellent hosting and organization of this international convention.

In the past 2 days we had our 24th FIMA Council Meeting attended by representatives of Islamic Medical Associations (IMAs) from all over the world. FIMA has 32 country IMAs affliated to it with a representation of about 50,000 doctors.

And in the next two days, we would be deliberating on major issues related to the science and bioethics of STDs and HIV/AIDS in our Joint International Scientific Convention.

The quality of medical expertise within the FIMA fraternity and her close liaison with scholars of Islamic jurisprudence has enabled her to be at the cutting edge of medical bio-ethics as examined from the Islamic perspective. This has been deliberated in various of her international conventions and scribed in her Annual FIMA Year Books.

This joint international convention is another expression of our love and passion for medical knowledge and her examination and analysis from an Islamic perspective.

I hope you will all have an enlightening conference and would also take the opportunity to enjoy the historical sites in Turkey.

My sincere thanks to all members of IMAs who have traveled from far and wide to attend this annual FIMA convention.

I pray to Allah that He bestows your organisation the best of rewards and bless this international meeting of minds and hearts.

Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President



FIMA UPDATES 58

The 9th International FIMA CAMP
for MEDICAL STUDENTS

26 -30 July 2007

LIDO, BOGOR, INDONESIAS

Camp Program

The camp program is composed of two main parts:

I. The Cultural Program:
This is the main program that covers the main theme of the camp.

The time allocated for this part is the first 5 hours in the morning. The schedule is depicted in Table 1 below.

This part of program is combined and common for both males and females. The location is in Al-Madinah Auditorium.

II. The Complementary Program:
This part of the program fills up the rest of the time starting after completion of the morning session of the main cultural program. The schedule is depicted in Table 2 ; will be sent later - includes outdoor, scouting activities, community projects etc

Click here to view full details (including The Cultural Program table)



FIMA UPDATES 55

FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS
ANNUAL REPORT 2006/2007

Click HERE to download FIMA 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

Click HERE to download FIMA AGENDA 2007

FIMA UPDATES 54
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SECRETARIAT FIMA-HAYAT FOUNDATION CONVENTION 2007

Attached is the list of delegates attending the FIMA Convention 2007 as at 18/6/2007

Kindly confirm and register before 30 June 2007 if you our your IMA have NOT DONE so

Important dates
Convention date :13-15 July 2007
Early registration :Before 1 June 2007
Abstract submission deadline : 30 April 2007
Abstract acceptance notification : 15 May 2007


Contact Details
Dr Ashraf Jedaar: FIMA Scientific Programme: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr Hakan Ertin: Convenor : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Prof Recep Ozturk: Local Scientific Programme: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

1. IMA Malaysia
   • 54 delegates (list submitted)
2. MA South Africa: 12 delegates
   • Dr Ashraf and Amiena Jedaar and sons (2)
   • Dr Mahomed and Zareena Khan
   • Dr Ebrahim Mahomed and spouse
   • Dr Yusuf Dangor
   • Prof Moosa Motara and spouse
   • Prof Anwar Hoosen
   • Dr Iqram Bux
   • Prof Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
3. IMA Uganda: 2 delegates
   • Dr Magid Kajimu
   • ?
4. IMA Egypt
5. Sudan IMA: 4 delegates
   • Abubekr Abdel-Hadi Mohammed Omer
   • Mohammed Siddeig
   • Mohammed Hassen
   • Mohammed Kamal
   • Mohammed Hassan Abdul-Rehman
6. IMA Morocco
7. IMA Algeria: 2 delegates
   • Dr Attik Stambouli
   • Dr Nadhir Irki
8. Bosnia IMA
9. IMA Lebanon
10. IMA Jordan
    • 5 delegates in Council
    • 3 speakers in Convention
    • 82 delegates (incl. spouses) in Convention
11. Islamic Hospital, Jordan
12. IMA North America
13. ARABMED
14. IMA Indonesia/FOKI
15. IMA Singapore
16. Pakistan IMA
    • 47 delegates (list submitted)
17. IMA Bangladesh
18. Scientific Medical Association Palestine: 4 delegates
    • Dr Amin Sinnokrot and wife, Abeer Hamed
    • Dr Sofian Hamodeh and wife, Jumana Alasali
19. IMA Iraq: 3 delegates
    • Dr. Abdulghafoor S. Abdulkareem (The head of IMA Iraq).
    • Dr. Bashar Abed Abrahem (Member).
    • Dr Yasir A. Taha (Member).
20. IMA Thailand
21. MDDA
22. IMA Kashmir
23. IMA India

JOINT FIMA-HAYAT FOUNDATION SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION HIV/AIDS and SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES and ISLAMIC BIOETHICS TOPKAPI ERESIN BARCELO HOTEL, ISTANBUL 13-15 JULY 2007 Time Friday 13th July 2007 20.30-20.40 20.40-21.00 21.00-21.10 21.10-21.40 21.40-22.10 22.10-23.00 Opening Ceremony Chair: Prof Ihsan Karaman, Prof Ali Mishal Qiraat and Dua: Welcome: Prof Musa Nordin: FIMA President Setting the scene: Prof Recep Ozturk, Prof Hakan Ertin The Achmad Al-Qadi Memorial Lecture: In Memorium: The late Prof Muhammed Azhar Khan Prof Hussain El-Gezairy, WHO FIMA Save Vision Campaign: Prof Hafeez Ur-Rehman, Prof Adnan Jaljuli Saturday 14th July 2007 9.00-9.30 9.30-10.00 10.00-10.30 10.00-10.30 Chair: Prof Ali Ihsan Tasci, Prof Musa Nordin HIV Global Trends: Evolving patterns: Dr Iqram Bux, South Africa The HIV/AIDS Orphan: Dr Kamarul Razali, Malaysia Pediatric HIV/AIDS: Prof Mustafa Bakir, Turkey Panel Discussion 11.00-11.30 Tea 11.30-11.50 11.50-12.10 12.10-12.30 12.30-13.00 Chair: Prof Yasar Bagdath, Prof Anwar Hoosen Biology of HIV: Dr Kamal Baba, South Africa HIV/AIDS Management: Ass Prof Sahin Aksoy, Turkey The Art of HAART: Current trends and challenges: Dr Iqram Bux, South Africa Panel Discussion 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-14.30 14.30-15.00 15.00-15.30 15.30-16.00 Chair: Prof Mustafa Samasti, Dr Magid Kajimu HIV/AIDS Prevention: an Islamic perspective: Dr Ebrahim Mahomed, South Africa HIV/AIDS: Vaccines, spermicides: An update: Prof Anwar Hoosen, South Africa Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men and Women with HIV: Dr Yusuf Dangor, South Africa Panel Discussion 16.00-16.30 Tea 16.30-17.00 17.00-17.30 17.30-18.00 18.00-18.30 Chair: Prof Ali Ihsan Tasci, Prof Salih Ansari Protection of our Youth from HIV/AIDS and STD’s Dr A Al-Qudah, Dr Aly Mishal, Jordan The Right to Die: The Bioethics of Advanced Directives Prof Faroque Khan Aids Crisis: Prof Abufadl Mohsin Ebrahim, South Africa Panel Discussion 18.30-20.30 Asr/Free time/Maghrib 20.30-23.00 Gala Dinner Chair and Welcome: Prof Ihsan Karaman Special Presentations: Late Prof Ekram Kedri Unat FIMA life-time Achievement Award: Dr Ali Al-Hawamdeh Presentations: Minister of Health, Mayor of Istanbul, Reps of Municipality Selection of Turkish Entertainment Sunday, 15 July 2007 ISLAMIC BIOETHICS 9.00-9.45 9.45-10.30 Chair: Prof Husrev Hatemi, Prof Musa Nordin Al Madinah Al Munawwarah: A Beacon of Knowledge - Opportunities and Challenges: Dr Salim M Al-Malik The fight against communicable diseases and Islam: Prof Mustafa Samasti, Turkey 10.30-11.00 Tea 11.00-11.30 11.30-12.00 12.00-12.30 12.30-13.00 Chair: Prof Arif Kaygusuz Ethical and Social aspects of AIDS: Some Muslim reflections Dr Ilhan Ilkilic, Germany The rights of an unborn infant with reference to HIV/AIDS: Ass Prof Sahin Aksoy, Turkey Sexual Education in accordance with our moral values: Prof Ali Ihsan Tasci, Turkey Panel Discussion 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.30 Chair: Dr Ilhan Ilkilic, Prof Ali Mishal The Bioethics of Advancing Genetic Technologies Prof Abufadl Mohsin Ebrahim, South Africa Prof Musa Nordin, Malaysia 15.30-16.00 Tea 16.00-17.30 Chair: Prof Mustafa Samasti, Dr Iqram Bux Bioethical Issues surrounding HIV/AIDS-a panel discussion Dr Aly Mishal, Jordan (Jurisprudence rulings on HIV/AIDS and related issues) Prof Mohamed Hatta Shaharom, Malaysia Dr Ebrahim Mahomed, South Africa Dr Magid Kajimu, Uganda 17.30-18.00 Closing Ceremony

FIMA UPDATES 53
FORMAT OF FIMA COUNCIL MEETING 2007; 12-13 JULY 2007; ISTANBUL

The agenda and format of the 24th FIMA Council Meeting was e-mailed on 2 Mar 2007 via FIMA UPDATES No. 23 ( Kindly see APPENDIX VIII )

The features include :

1. Exco report will be presented by the president
2. Accounts will be presented by the treasurer
3. IMA reports must be submitted in advance. Activities for 2006 must be presented in 5 minutes in 10 slides.
4. All IMAs kindly fill the Annual Reporting Forms for 2006 ( 2nd REMINDER )
5. There will be 4 workshops to discuss and elaborate on 4 core and niche areas of FIMA ( see below for details )
6. Since elections will be held in 2007, there was a proposal to ensure only one IMA is presented in the executive committee to expand the representation of IMAs in the exco.

For more information download the FIMA Agenda 2007 and FIMA Annual Reporting Form



FIMA UPDATES 52
1. FIMA-HAYAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2007, ISTANBUL - DELEGATION FROM JORDAN
Assalamu Alaikum

In reference to your e-mail requesting numbers of delegations from various IMAS, this is the final list from Jordan:

1- Delegates to participate in the FIMA council meeting : 5

2- Speakers in the HIV/AIDS Scientific Convention: 3

One of them is Dr. Adnan Jaljuli, our senior ophthalmologist, who wants to make a 15-20 minutes presentation at the Gala dinner, about the latest achievements in FIMA Save Vision in Palestine. He will also give a short overview on the combined committee, which he chairs, to take care of Palestinian patients treated in Jordan.

3- The large delegation that will attend the Scientific Convention, 37, with their accompanying family members, the number will be 82.

Sincerely Yours
Dr. Aly Mishal


2. FIMA-HAYAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2007, ISTANBUL - DELEGATION FROM MALAYSIA
Dear respected brotherss Hakan and Ahsan,

Assalamualaikum,

We attach the list of names of the delegates and accompanying persons to Istanbul . There will be a total of 58 from IMA Malaysia. Our travel agents will arrange our stay in Istanbul, insyaAllah.

We will probably arrive on the 12th and leave on the 18th. Our flights are still not confirmed as there is great difficulty getting flights back to Malaysia as this is summer and all the Arabs want to spent their summer in Malaysia! But we will be in Istanbul insyaAllah, to enjoy your brotherhood.

We will collect all the registration fees for the conference and give it to you when we arrive in Istanbul.

We pray for a blessed conference and May Allah always be with our Turkish brothers and sisters.

Your brother, Dr. Jeffrey On behalf IMAM



FIMA UPDATES 51
Postponement of Umrah Program

Dear Brothers in all IMAs

Assalamu Alaikum.

I would like to announce that the 6th Umrah Program for medical students that was supposed to be arranged during Summer this year 2007 has been postponed. This decision was taken in IMAKSA / WAMY after detailed discussion in the organizing committee. There were some obstacles and problems encountered in the previous programs. We postponed this announcement hoping that we can overcome these problems in due time. However, it seems that the solution needs further evaluation and more time. Therefore, we will work on this and we will try to find the best options in the nearest possible time. Please forgive us for the inconvenience and bear with us till further announcement.

Jazakum Allah Khaira.
Dr. Atallah Al-Ruhaily
Chairman, FIMA Students Affairs Committee
Friday, June 15, 2007



FIMA UPDATES 50
CENSUS OF FIMA MEMBERSHIP FOR ANNUAL REPORT 2006/2007
Dear Presidents & Secretaries of IMAs and Associate Members of FIMA

Click HERE to download the latest figures for ordinary and associate members of FIMA as at 2005
Kindly update the census as at 2007 and email to me at musa[a]mpf.org.my

Kindly also fill the FIMA Annual Reporting Form and mail it to:
musa[a]mpf.org.my
tariqneuro[a]hotmail.com

Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President FIMA 2005-2007



FIMA UPDATES 49

The 9th FIMA International CAMP
for MEDICAL STUDENTS

26 - 30 July 2007 (12 - 16 Rajab 1428 H)

LIDO, BOGOR, INDONESIA

ORGANISERS & HOST
Islamic Medical Association of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (IMAKSA)/ World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY)

COLLABORATORS
Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA)
Indonesia Islamic Medical Association (IIMA)

Venue: Lido, Bogor, INDONESIA
THEME of Program: Excellence Promotion for Skillful Medical Students

The core program of this camp will focus on the skills of the ideal Muslim medical students in all aspects of personality. It boosts the development of essential skills expected to be prominent features of contemporary Muslim medical students. These skills compose aspects of the desirable personality inspired in the light of Islamic teachings and international standards. It promotes and excels the human development of our youth. It provides tools and open pathways to fulfill their ambitions to be successful in their life in general and and their profession particularly. It discusses skills and issues that are not commonly learnt in formal university education and not included in traditional textbooks. It helps in directing the students of medicine and its branches to be effective participants in the development of their Muslim nation and the world in general.

The program will be performed in the format of a series of brief talks followed by group workshops on the same topics over the few days time of the camp.

Complementary programs will be given in the form of lectures, discussion meetings and debates on Islamic and professional issues. Eminent local and international speakers are invited for participation in the camp activities.

OVERVIEW OF THE CAMP

• An annual gathering of Muslim medical students from all over the world.
• The students participate in a comprehensive program of educational, cultural, social, sport, tourist and recreational activities.
• The operations follow closely the scouting camp system.
• The administration of the camp and its activities are primarily run by the students themselves under supervision by senior doctors.
• The duration of the camp is full 5 days.

Time Schedule

• Registration time - Any time from now till Deadline Date.
• Deadline date for Registration - 10 July 2007
• Last Date of Arrival to camp site - 25 July 2007
• Period of camping - 26 - 30 JULY 2007
• Date of departure - 31 July 2007

OBJECTIVES

• To foster brotherhood among Muslim students of various Islamic Medical Associations (IMAs) and countries.
• To enhance mutual understanding and cooperation.
• To exchange information and experiences.
• To provide leadership training and organizational skills.
• To strengthen the involvement of students in IMA activities.
• To promote communication and networking among the student chapters of IMAs and other countries.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Students of Medical and Health Colleges who are affiliated to and/or nominated by Islamic Medical Associations.
• "Students" can be extended to include first year house officer or newly graduates.
• Both males and females may be accepted for participation in this camp.
• "Medical and Health Colleges" could be college of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health sciences or any other health-related college.
• "Islamic Medical Associations" (IMAs) should be active, associate or pending members of FIMA.

Male and Female Segregation:
In this particular camp, female medical students may participate with observation of the following conditions:

1. The males and females will be absolutely segregated in all activities during the whole period of program including residence, dining and sports places, transportation, recreational and social activities.
2. The only occasion where both males and females may share the activity is the cultural program in morning sessions from 9:00 AM to 1 PM. In such gathering there will be arrangement of each of them to be seated on one side of the lecture room. However, both groups will share questions and discussion.
3. Needless to say, both males and females are expected to be dressed in a decent Islamic manner.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

• Lectures & Seminars
• Roundtable discussions & Workshops
• Debates
• Forum
• Project presentation
• Meetings
• Spiritual sessions
• Cultural show
• Basic survival skills
• Outdoor activities and sports
• Educational tours

LANGUAGE OF THE CAMP

• The field language is English.
• The lecturers will specify their language of delivery. Simultaneous Arabic/English translation is provided.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

• 150 students
• Each IMA is allowed a maximum of 20 students, with more quotas for the organizing IMA and the host country. When females are participating, the male to female ratio should be 2:1.
• Senior supervisors: 1-2 supervisors from each IMA are allowed to supervise students delegation and help in organization. Supervisors should be exclusively from medical professionals.

EXPENSES

• The IMAs or individual students are responsible for the cost of their return tickets to hosting country as well as their Visa fees.
• There are NO registration fees for the camp.
• Accommodation, meals and local transportation will be provided FREE OF CHARGE by IMAKSA/WAMY during the days of camp activities.
• Receiving of participants at Jakarta Airport and transportation to camp site will be arranged for free of charge only if the full details of the confirmed flights of the participants are submitted to us ahead of time (at least one week before the camp i,e. before 18 July 2007).

VISA REQUIREMENTS

• Visa for entry into the host country is the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY of the IMAs and/or the participating students.
• IMAKSA or WAMY unfortunately CANNOT secure visas for the participating students.

REGISTRATION

• The registration deadline is 10 July 2007
• All students must be registered by their IMAs.
• Students not affiliated to any IMAs may register through a neighbouring or apply directly.
• Kindly note that it is necessary to complete the enclosed registration form and fax or e-mail to the address below.

SUPERVISOR, FIMA STUDENTS ACTIVITY
Dr. Atallah Al-Ruhaily
Supervisor General, FIMA Students Activities.
E. Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fax: 00-966-1-4671478

Click here to download registration form



FIMA UPDATES 48
1. CONDOLENCES FROM PALESTINE SCIENTFIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
INNA LILLAHI Wa Inna ilayhi Rajioon

Dear family and friends of Prof Khan

We are very sad and filled with sorrow to losE one of our Muslim leaders Prof. AZHAR KHAN

So from Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem we pray to Allah to make it easy for all his familly and brothers. Ameen

Dr. Abdel Wadoud Al-Tamimi
President
Telfax 022403346


2. MESSAGE FROM TURKEY
Dear Brothers,

Assalamu alaikum.

Inna lillah wa inna ileyhi rajiun.

This is a sad moment for all in our organization who recognized late Brother M.Azhar Khan. We all are extremely saddened and shocked upon receiving the tragic news about his loss. He was our role model and sincere brother who always enlightened us with his wisdom and vision. We all pray to Allah SWT to give him a place neighbouring The Prophet SAW

in Jannah, Inshaallah. We also hope that Allah SWT bestow his family with sabr.

Wassalam.

M.Ihsan Karaman,MD


3. MESSAGE FROM JERUSALEM
TO ALL FIMA MEMBERS, GOD BLESS THE SOUL OF DR. M.AZHAR KHAN. WE ASK GOD TO HELP HIM TO ATTAIN HIS PARADICE,

ALL IN IMA PALESTNE ARE SAD AND WE PRAY & SAY DUAA` TO HIM INSHAALLAH

DR. AMIN


4. MESSAGE FROM PAKISTAN
We have lost a sincere dedicated person who spent even the last days in the way of Allah. He came to Karachi to see his ailing mother. I talked to him and he was worried about frequent power failures in Karachi and the hot weather. I suggested and he agreed to buy a generator before he left Pakistan.

I also told him about the theft in PIMA offices. He was worried about FIMA’s record. I now fully understand that his work, friendship, anger was only to please HIM.

Allah bestow His mercy upon him and give him eternal peace in Jannah.

Prof. M.Tariq
Pst-President PIMA, Secretary FIMA


5. MESSAGE FROM PESHAWAR
Inna lillalhi wai nna ilahi rajioon.

DR. Azhar’S Death is a shock for all of us. I had a chance to talk to him for more than 30 minutes on phone and we discussed many thing about FIMA and primarily about CIMCO.

It would be consolation for his soul if we could put in more energy in CIMCO and change its shape from a "paper organization" to a living "body".

May Allah bless Dr. Azhar with all Rahmah and Fazal

Prof. Najib
Dean Peshawar Medical College


6. MESSAGE FROM PAST-PRESIDENT PIMA
Dr Musa

Assalamu alaikum

I called him on the 13th instant, while he was in Karachi, nursing his old mother, and we talked for an hour or so, his last conversation with me.

He was so ambitious about Medina Project and FIMA ventures. I asked him if he had a re-birth to fulfill such towering accomplishments and he laughed as if he knew the start of a new chapter of his unending life.

Who says that he was an old man? He never grew old, his spirit was young, his gestures were youthful, he was full of life and his heart was filled with Passion and Iman to its brim.

I had been his close friend for the last 15 years, I feel as if I am an orphan, so are my sisters PIMA and FIMA.

He was a beacon of hope, a source of inspiration, a guide to hold your hand, a torch bearer to let you pass through darkness and a great teacher to make you learn, he tried to give back everything he possessed and envisioned FIMA and all IMAs as the leading medical bodies in their own right.

He was a visionary leader who worked and strived for the cause of humanity and Islam.

May Allah SWT bless his soul in Jannah and grant us ability to follow his foot steps.

I know his family, his great wife and wonderful children, I also share these moments of grief with them from my heart and send them condolences.

Dr Tanveer Zubairi
Former President, PIMA.


7. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF IMAKSA
Dear
Seema Khan
Aasma Khan
Kamran Khan

This is Dr. Salih S AL Ansari.

I received news about the death of my older brother Prof Mohammad Azhar Khan

The man who devoted his life to helping others, connecting his brothers in Medical field through FIMA. This federation to whom he holds a lot of love and devotion,were among a lot of good deeds he had.

I pray deeply from my heart for him all Rahmah And Maghfirah and Jannat.

What makes it softer to my sad heart that I had the chance to greet him In Riyadh Sheraton 1 day before he left Saudi Arabia, together with my Brother Dr. Atalla Al Ruhaily.

When he asked to see both of us to remind (as always he used do) about the role of IMA Saudi Arabia in FIMA, and study alternatives for the coming student's summer camp July 2007

Please convey my condolences to your mother, all the family members and all relatives and friends.

Inna lillah w inna ilihi rajeoon

Dr. Salih S AL Ansari
IMA KSA, President


8. MESSAGE FROM USA
I am very saddened to hear about THE tragic death of Dr. Al-Ghalabi and many other doctors who became the victims of madness in unfortunate Iraq. May Allah Bless their souls and give eternal peace to the innocent people of Iraq.

Dr. Parvaiz Malik
Past President IMANA


9. MESSAGE FROM PROF. MALIK BADRI
Bismillah

To my dear brother Dr. Musa Nordin and to all the brothers in FIMA.

May Allah Ta'ala Bless and Accept the soul of our dear brother Professor Mohammad Azhar Khan.

For one's soul to be transcended after a blessed Umrah and a visit to our beloved Prophet is indeed a sign of Husnul Khatimah. It is indeed a great loss. May Allah bestow patience on his family and may He Give FIMA a mujahid who can fill up the vacuum he left

Prof. Malik Badri


10. MESSAGE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Brothers

Assalamu Alaikum

I have been asked to prepare an obituary of our colleague and mentor, the late Prof Muhammed Azhar Khan. I humbly appeal to those who have known him a lot longer than my very brief exposure to his work and ambitions for your invaluable assistance in completing this task. As a collective action, the same obituary can be uploaded onto our (FIMA) web-site as well as any other IMA web-site or publication. Please pen a few personal reflections of your exchanges with Prof Khan.

Shukran
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar
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FIMA UPDATES 47
1. FIMA SAVE VISION
Please note one delegation of three doctors and OT assistant will be leaving for Mali.

Delegation.
Dr Hafeez ur Rahman
Dr Intzar Hussain
Dr Ghulam Mustafa
Mr M Salim

This delegation will stay in Bamaco- Mali till 22nd of May.

Plan
5000 OPD
500 Surgeries.

On our way back we will have stop over in Nairobi and shall meet with the doctors of IMA and invite them to attend FIMA Council Meeting in Turkey.

Another delegation of two doctors will be leaving for Khartoum.

Delegation :
Dr Aslam Bhatti
Dr Habib ur Rahman

This delegation will participate in the free eye camp in Dwaim- White Nile- Sudan.

Plan
5000 OPD
500 Surgeries

There stay will be for one week.

Wassalam
Dr Hafeez ur Rahman
Chairman, FIMA SAVE VISION


2. MESSAGE FROM ORGANISERS OF FIMA 2007 IN TURKEY
For Your Urgent Consideration

Dear FIMA members,

To be able to participate in FIMA SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION to be held July 13-15, 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey as author or attendee, the applicants have to fill the registration form which requires the information about participation, hotel dates and payment types.

In order to make coherent Hotel Arrangements on time, the participants who don't prefer to lodge at Topkapi Eresin Barcelo Hotel at which the Convention will be held, have to inform us about the hotel rate intervals that they can afford until May 25.

Organizing Committee notifies respectfully that responsibility of late rezervations, extra hotel payments or any lodging problems that will occur due to the applications after May 25 is the applicants' themselves.

If you have any questions or concerns pertaining to Joint Fima-Hayat Foundation Scientific Convention , please contact Alim Ucar or H?seyin Kahya. You can find the contact numbers and e-mail addresses from the official web site.



FIMA UPDATES 46
1. TRAGIC NEWS OF DEATH OF PROF. EMERITUS MOHAMMAD AZHAR KHAN, PAST PRESIDENT FIMA
Date : 14th May 2007
Subject : Tragic News

Dear all
Assalamu Alaikum

Prof. Mohammad Azhar Khan has just passed away in Dubai Airport, en route from Pakistan to Jordan then to USA.

Inna Lillah Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajioun.

May Allah (SWT) bless his soul, accept his deeds in His path and for His cause.

Sincerely Yours
Aly A. Mishal


2. CONDOLENCES FROM FIMA Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun

May Allah bless his soul and accept him amongst the Solihin

I had spent a good 1 week with him in Jeddah and Madinah just a week ago

My wife and I got to know him and his wife very closely during this period

it was a wonderful period, we spent meals together, walked to the mosque of the prophet and visited the proposed Madinah Knowledge Economic City and other historical sites together.

And we discussed openly our feelings about FIMA

He was very passionate about FIMA and the proposed Madinah KEC was yet another of his sole endeavour to strategise FIMA on the world map

To loose 2 stalwarts of FIMA within a short space of time is most painful for our fraternity

But we humbly accept this test with patience and preserverance

And more so to his beloved wife and children, we hope that Allah bestow them with sabr and acceptance of this destiny

Humbly yours,
Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President, FIMA


3. CONDOLENCES FROM SAUDI ARABIA, DR. SALIM MALIK , Head Health Sector
Knowledge Base Sector, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)

Dear Friends

What a loss to the Muslim community

I am sad and filled with sorrow and sadness to let you know that Prof. Azhar Khan has passed away yesterday (14/5/2007)

He was on his way from Karachi to New York, and while waiting at the transit in Dubai airport, God peacefully took his soul to the Heavens, Inshallah.

May Allah cleanse all his sins and bury him with the companions of our prophet.

Prof. Azhar died peacefully. He performed Umrah and visited Madinah and spent a good time with his family,

This is can only happen to those who are close to our God.

May Allah bestow His mercy as he was one of those who fear Allah at every word he said and every work he had done.

I am quoting here a verse from Al Baqarah :

"But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits there from, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein spouses purified; and they abide therein (forever)".

Inna Lellahe Wa Inna Elayhe Raje oon

In his last email he requested all of us to work diligently for the upcoming conference in Madinah in March 2007.

The last time I met him in my office, he had already worked it out in his mind.

For him, we should make sure that the conference of which he was appointed chairman, would be successful. And we all have to recognize his work and award him for his outstanding time and devotion to the Moslem society at large.

Dr. Salim al Malik


4. CONDOLENCES FROM MADINAH
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna IIayhi Rajioon,

I am speechless, in disbelief and so sad. Inna Lillahi Wa Inna IIayhi rajioon,

Having spent the week with Prof. Khan he really was an example to us all. May Allah forgive his sins, make his reckoning easy and enter him into Jannat Al Firdous. Ameen.

May Allah make this easy for his family. Ameen.

Hamza Marvin McQueen
Knowledge Based Industries Development
Al Madinah KEC


5. CONDOLENCES FROM USA
Dear Family and Friends of Dr. khan,

Assalamualaikum.

Qaloo Inna Lillahi wa inna Ilahi Rajioon

Allah gives and Allah takes.

Shock, disbelief and untimely, how else you can explain his demise. His vision and his desires for Medina City led me to be involved with this project. On hours of phone conversations, he convinced me that this project was the first step to restore Medina?s legacy as a beacon of light not only for the Ummah but for the whole mankind in terms of knowledge and peace. He saw this project beyond brick and mortar which could take the Ummah into the 21st century. He was a visionary, a leader and great Islamic Worker who will be missed by all.

He trained his children well, worked and volunteered his life for the betterment of the Ummah and enlightened us all. In such a short time he became a brotherly and fatherly figure to all of us. May Allah give him a place in heaven and provide ?Sabr e Jameel? to his family.

Work must go on.

Regards,
Dr. Khurshid Qureshi
President & CEO
zeeWAVES
3595 E. Fountain
Colorado Springs, CO 80910


6. CONDOLENCES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaikum

We have just learnt of the sudden and tragic death of Prof Muhammed Azhar Khan, Director-General of FIMA. We pray that his years of selfless service in honour of FIMA, IMANA and many IMA's around the world, are rewarded with a safe and speedy journey to Jannah-tul-Firdous,

Insha'Allah.

Our sincere greetings and well-wishes are extended to his wife, immediate family and all those who have had the honour and privilege of knowing and working with him. Shukran
Dr. Ashraf Jedaar


7. CONDOLENCES FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Dear All

Inna lilah wa inna elaihi ragioon

I was extremely saddened and shocked this morning when my seceratry Nasim told he just received on his mobile from Dubai airport officer the news of the passing away of our brother Dr. Azhar Khan. This is a sad moment for all who knew him. I met Dr. Azhar last week in Riyadh to follow up our Jeddah meetings and I have always been impressed with his dedication to the Madinah project and his willingness to work with us full time, helping us to realize our dreams to make Madinah again a beacon of Knowledge.

May Allah (SWT ) reward his intentions to be of service to the city that is beloved to Allah (SWT ). His departure is a great loss to all Muslims and his achievements in the creations and growth of FIMA will be Inshaa Allah rewarded by Allah ( SWT )in placing him in highest Ferdous in the Jannah.

We all have the duty to keep him in our prayers and doa and our commitment to continue the task that he passed on to all of us. The achievement of the goals he shared with all of us will inshaa Allah be rewarded with hasanat and raise his status in Jannah

May Allah ( SWT ) accept his good deeds and reward him by the generosity Allah promised to the faithful and forgive and absolve him of all stains of life that he encountered and reward all his lovers and family for their patience and acceptance for Allah faith.

TAHIR M . BAWAZIR
CEO, Seera City Real Estate Development Co.
Knowledge Economic City (KEC)


8. CONDOLENCES FROM SOUTH ALABAMA, USA
Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu

Dear Everyone,

I just walked into my office and received this sad news.

Inna Lillah-hi Wa-inna Ilaihi Rajeeun.

May Allah (SWT) forgive his sins, shower His mercy on him, and grant him the highest level in Jannah. It is a tremendous loss to the Muslim community. His enthusiasm to transform Madinah towardS a beacon of light for humanity was truly outstanding. I was thoroughly impressed and enjoyed my brief interaction with Prof. Khan.

I pray to Allah (SWT) to give his family members the patience to overcome this loss.

Wassalam,
Dr. Mohammad S. Alam,
Professor and Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of South Alabama



FIMA UPDATES 45
1. TRAGIC NEWS FROM THE ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF IRAQ ( IMAI )
To : Dr. Musa bin Mohd Nordin
FIMA President

Assalamu Alaikum WBT
Subject : Killing of Dr. Adeeb Al-Ghalabi, IMAI President.

I am sorry to inform you that the President of the Islamic Medical Association of Iraq (IMAI), ~Al-shaheed~ Dr. Adeeb Al-Ghalabi, was killed today Saturday afternoon when he left his clinic in Mosul, Iraq.

Dr. Adeeb was one of the founder members of IMAI and a human rights activist. He was one of the highly respected professional in the field of ENT and one of the famous names in ~aldawa~ to Allah.

I am sorry to inform you of this bad news, but we pray to Allah to place him among the righteous in His Jannah.

During the 4th IMAI annual assembly in March 07, Dr. Adeeb was elected as the 2nd IMAI President for three years from 2007-2010. His predecessor was, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Haj Kasim (2004-2007).

I would like to inform you that among the 17 founder members of IMAI in 2003, two of them have been killed , and six have left Iraq for security reasons.

However, Alhamdulillah, IMAI is still functioning despite these dangerous circumstances. And we ask Allah to change our state to the best one and remove the enemies of Iraq enemies.

Finally, I am sorry again for this news, but I pray to Allah to bless Dr. Adeeb Al-Ghalabi, and put him in his Jannah.

Thanks and Wassalamu Aliakum.

Your brother
Layth Y. Ibrahim MULA HUSSAIN, MBChB
Demonstrator, Clinical Oncology Div., Radiology Dept., Mosul Medical College, Mosul, Iraq.
Resident, Radiation Oncology Dept., King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), Amman, Jordan.
Previous General Secretary (Oct 2003- Jan 2006), IMAI.
Current Postal Address: Radiation Oncology Dept., King Hussein Cancer Center(KHCC), Queen Rania Al-Abdullah St., Al-Jubieha Qr., P.O.Box:1269, Amman-11941, Jordan
Work Phone: 00 962 6 5300 460 - ext 8132. Fax: 00 962 6 5342 567.
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2. MESSAGE FROM FIMA
To the Family of As-Shaheed Dr. Adeeb Al-Ghalabi & the leadership and membership of the Islamic Medical Association of Iraq.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilairajium
To Him we belong and unto Him is our return.

Dear brothers and sisters,

It extremely grieves us to learn of this tragic death of our beloved brother. We pray to Allah that He rewards our late brother with His choicest of blessings and include him among the inheritors of His abode in Paradise.

On behalf of FIMA, I would like to express our condolences to the family members of Dr. Adeeb and his brothers and sisters in IMAI.

May Allah bestow upon each of you His succour and tranquility to accept His qada’ & qadr and bear this painful episode with patience and acceptance.

May He make our brothers and sisters in IMAI continue to remain steadfast in the face of the most difficult and trying circumstances in Iraq.

We pray to Allah to bless the Jihad of all our brothers and sisters in Iraq, to free her from the clutches of neo-imperialism and internecine sectarian violence.

Humbly yours,
Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President FIMA



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SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION 2007

ERESIN TOPKAPI BARCELO HOTEL, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

13-15 July 2007

HIV/AIDS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND ISLAMIC BIOETHICS

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1. REPORT FROM IMA SUDAN
We are glad to inform you that our plan for the free eye camps in the current year 2007 is as scheduled :-

Date	Location	State	Targeted Surgeries	Targeted OPD patients	Remarks
Jan	Genaina	Western Darfur	500	3,500	Done
May 10-22	Dewaim	White Nile	500	5,000	Planned
June 5-17	Gadarif	Gadarif	500	5,000	Planned
July 7-19	Getaina	White Nile	500	5,000	Planned
Oct	Kadugly	Southern Kurdofan	500	5,000	Planned
Dec	Um-Rowaba	Northern Kurdofan	500	5,000	Planned

Hassab Al-Rasool Al-Tayeb
IMA Sudan



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Bismillah Rahman Rahim
In the name of ALLAH, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM

LEADERS’ CONSULTATION ON HIV/AIDS

AND

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.

Background:
In the year 2000, a group of Muslim practitioners interested in using the Islamic approach to combat HIV/AIDS met in Durban South Africa during the International AIDS Conference on AIDS. They included representatives from the Islamic Medical Association of Uganda, Islamic Medical Association of South Africa and the Malaysian AIDS Council. It was noted that the experiences and culture of Muslim communities in the fight against AIDS were not being adequately catered for by current international AIDS conferences. It was agreed that International Muslim Leaders’ Consultations on AIDS should be held to share the experiences of Muslim communities and chart the way forward regarding the Islamic approach to combating AIDS. The 1st International Muslim Leaders Consultation on HIV/AIDS was held in Kampala, Uganda in 2001 and it was organized by the Islamic Medical Association of Uganda. The theme for the consultation was ~Strategies for strengthening and expanding the international Muslim community response to AIDS~. The consultation motto was ~Jihad on AIDS: Self discipline using Allah’s guidance~. During this consultation it was agreed that an international centre for promotion of the Islamic approach to HIV/AIDS be established in Uganda. The second International Muslim Leaders Consultation on AIDS was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2003 and it was organized by the Malaysian AIDS Council in conjunction with the Malaysian Government. The theme was ~The Caring Ummah, transforming the response~. During this consultation, it was noted that there was a need to clarify the concept of the Islamic approach to HIV/AIDS and its implementation among the Muslim communities. In the process of building on these experiences, the Islamic Medical Association of Uganda in conjunction with the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council are organizing the third International Muslim Leaders Consultation on HIV/AIDS (3rd IMLC).

VENUE: Sheraton Addis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DATES: 23rd - 27th July 2007
THEME: The Islamic Approach to HIV/AIDS: Enhancing the Community

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REPORT FROM MALAYSIA

EVENT : CONCERT & DINNER NIGHT "A DREAM TO END ALL WARS"
DATE : 7TH APRIL 2007
VENUE : CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (CUCMS)
ORGANISERS : CUCMS STUDENT COUNCIL

EVENT MISSION :
In a time so disrupted by political infightings and cross border aggressions, it is of paramount importance to inform the youths today that the belligerence leading to war can and should be avoided.

The seeds of war are sown by misunderstanding and so it should be our duty to help students identify what promotes belligerence and what pacifies it.

The CUCMS Dinner & Concert Night brought together all of the university’s student organizations to collaborate on a single event, intended to promote an anti-war message.

From the CUCMS Student Council, to the Student Chapter of the Islamic Medical Association Malaysia (IMAM-SC) and the Foundation (pre-med/pharmacy) Association.

A massive undertaking that will witness a first time ever cooperation between all of CUCMS student organizations.

THE PLOT :
It narrates the story of 3 different people, Ayman Basir, Ahmed Farouk & Natan Herschel, and how their lives are affected by the war around them. The story depicts the futility of hatred and how such bitter emotions are passed down generations. Violence, as the story unfolds, is an endless vicious cycle which only inflames further with every victim it claims. At the heart of the drama, viewers will see how much of a tragedy it is when the fuel that keeps the flames of warfare burning is hatred.

THE VERDICT :
An overwhelming thumbs up ! Great job.



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FIMA 2007. ISTANBUL TURKEY
Dear All,
Assalamu alaikum.

The FIMA Annual Council Meeting, 12-13 July 2007, will be held in Hayat Foundation Headquarters.
The FIMA Scientific Convention, 13-15 July 2007, will be held in Topkapi Eresin Barcelo Hotel (5-star)

For hotel reservations, transfers, tour organizations, special requests of tours for families or groups, ASAL is the organizing company. All communications regarding above-mentioned details should be directed to responsible persons from ASAL company. Their contact information are as below:

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Room rates per person per day (bed and breakfast) at Topkapi Eresin Barcelo Hotel are below: Single room (one person in one room): 125 USD
Double room: (two persons in one room): 150 USD (75 USD/person)

For other hotel accomodation close to the convention hotel, kindly contact ASAL directly.

We would like to know the approximate number of participants from each IMA and accompanying persons as soon as possible to book enough rooms at hotels in advance. All presidents and secertaries of IMAS kindly respond ASAP.

We need high quality logo samples from each IMA, to print high quality flags and some other printed documents for the Convention and Council meeting. Please urgently send logo samples to the e-mail address : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hoping to see you all in Istanbul.
Wassalam.
M.Ihsan Karaman,MD



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Dear FIMA Members,
Assalamu Alaikum!
It is time of the year again & I humbly request your few minutes of indulgence in completing your Annual Report for 2006.

Kindly try your best to response to "Red" lines. Those are vital elements in expansion of your organization & future programming.

I extend my deep appreciation & thanks for your prompt responses.

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Wassalam,
Kindest regards,
--Azhar-
Prof. Muhammed A.A. Khan,M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Executive Director-FIMA




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1. REPORT FROM IMAM UK & EIRE EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2007
Assalamualaikum WBT
I would like to convey my gratitude and appreciation to all who attended Emergency Medicine 2007 (EM07), all who worked behind the scene of EM07 (including the cook and his team) and all speakers that enlightened us.

From the eye-opener speech by Dr Burhan, to non-stop laughter by Dr Heng Aik Cheng (plus his enthusiasm on Emergency Response Unit - come guys and gals join in this unit), to bonds of friendship through practicals and case scenarios.

Enlightenment on fiqh medicine and Islamic medical ethics by Prof Dr Abdul Latiff, which in Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences is conducted through PBL module (Problem Based Learning). Interesting isn't it learning fiqh of medicine in 12 complete PBL cases. Closing with a tearful and touching presentation (and I mean seriously crying ) by Dr Ang Swee Chai on her Palestine experience.

Dr Ang Swee Chai, "I refused to treat Israeli soldiers...till I got called by the Director of the hospital..."
Anyone would like to work for a year in Ahlu Bab Hospital? She can recommend you easily...

You have found the definition of humanitarian and relief work. You have been exposed to the frontiers of medical relief and acquired some skills in the practical sessions. And now be firm of what you're going to do with the knowledge and skills you've gained ...

Thank you all of you! You're the best!

Faizal Roslee
Director of Extreme Medicine 2007


2. FEEDBACK FROM A PARTICIPANT OF EM 2007
Assalamualaikum wbt,
Can't help it, my fingers are also itching to type some words about the brilliant weekend I had during the Extreme Medicine 2007 symposium (despite the avalanche of revision awaiting me ~5 weeks before finals!!!)

Congratulations to all the committee members and those who had chipped in to make it happen. I learnt a lot and really appreciate all the effort- really, it must have been quite (very?) difficult and stressful putting it all together. But its all worth it, don't you think?

May Allah repay all of you with the best of rewards, both in this world and the hereafter.

Looking forward to the next one!

Nik Munirah
Final year
Sheffield Medical School


3. FEEDBACK FROM A "NON-PARTICIPANT" OF EM 2007
Salam,
May I import the same team to echo EM 2007 in Malaysia? Would the upcoming summer holidays be ok?

Dr. Amaluddin
Past-President IMAM UK & Eire
Kota Bharu, Malaysia



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Apart from the noise of the plane engines and the chattering of the stewardess, it was a quiet subuh up high in the heavens. All the other passengers were fast asleep and the ambience was just about right to reminisce on the past few days in the land where the Blue Nile meets the White Nile, a majestic view from the Khartoum Hilton.

I have always felt indebted to my Sudanese brothers from my early days in university in the United Kingdom. Now, that must be some 30 years ago.

Many of my Malaysian contemporaries would remember well the present Sudanese Minister of Interior, who was the representative of the President at the SIMA (Sudanese Islamic Medical Association) International Conference on Islam & Modern Medical Issues. He gave us our first tutorial on the purposes of the Shariah (Maqasid as-Shariah).

The past Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mustafa Osman, was the vice-president of FOSIS (Federation Of Students Islamic Societies) when I was inducted into the executive committee of this student movement which then was at the forefront of all Islamic student activities inside and outside the campuses.

My memory fails to recollect the name of the Sudanese brother in Cardiff who taught me how to make the muqaddimah in a majlis by first paying salutations to the prophet and reminding the audience of all the sacrifices Muhammad s.a.w. made to this ummah and that he had "ballagah risalah, waaddal amanah, wanasahal ummah, wa jihadifillah hi haqqa jihadih" (to testify that he has disseminated the message, passed on the amanah, advised the ummah and taught us the true form of jihad).

And everytime I am in the company of Prof. Malik Badri, our dear father from the Sudan, I am enriched and enlightened, given a perspective and insight into the Quran and the traditions of the prophet which truly mesmerizes me. May Allah reward him with good health and longevity to share his wisdom with this ummah.

It was therefore no secret of my desire to be with our brothers in SIMA. And not just because of a sense of duty being the president of FIMA (Federation of Islamic Medical Associations). I could never hope to rival the achievements of my immediate predecessor, Dr. Aly Mishal, who traveled afar to stamp the presence of FIMA world-wide.

And true to expectations, our Sudanese hosts were immaculate in their hospitality. Our arrival was greeted by Prof. Mamoun Homeida (President of SIMA) and Bro. Hasab ur-Rsoool (Executive Director of SIMA) at the airport tarmac. We were led to the VVIP lounge and our visas and immigration clearance were handled swiftly whilst we sipped at hot Sudanese coffee.

By the way, Bro. Hasab ur-Rasool was our mujahid brother who was detained by the Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu. Together with Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman and other opthalmologists they had been to Mogadishu, undertaken 5 eye camps and performed 500 eye operations and blessed the Somalis with new found vision.

Whilst Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman et al flew out of Mogadishu, being the excellent host he was, Bro. Hasab ur-Rasool stayed behind to clear the final logistics. The Ethiopian forces "invaded" Somalia, Bro. Hasab ur-Rasool missed the outgoing flight by 1 hour and was captured and accused of complicity with the Islamic court. He spent the next 21 days in prison. It took various letters from FIMA, SIMA, WHO and finally the office of the President of Sudan to finally secure his release. May Allah reward his sacrifices and brave deeds.

We even had an outrider to clear the traffic to enable our uninterrupted arrival at Khartoum Hilton. I cannot help feeling like a "head of state" making an official visit to the Sudan ! And for all of our travels in the streets of Khartoum, our 5-6 black BMWs, Mercedes was preceded by the same outrider. Our outrider policeman must have some variant of Ehlers Danhlos Syndrome, because he was so malleable and plastic, performing various manoeuvres on his "Harley Davidson" short of a full somersault ! It was indeed a sight to relish.

The four day conference was unequivocally a quatum leap for our SIMA brothers. Their excellence in the realm of medical and humanitarian relief, recognized at the national and international level, was now being paralleled by their brilliant leadership in the domain of Islamic bioethics. The scholars of jurisprudence and the Sudanese medical fraternity were requesting more of similar sessions to update them on these advancing biotechnologies. The former to enable them to issue contemporary and relevant fatwas and the latter to be informed of the cutting edge biomedicine.

These were indeed major achievements which FIMA is proud to be associated with. I think my sentiments were shared by the other 10 foreign speakers who invested their time and expertise in the 4 day deliberations.

But the highlight of my memories would be the exemplary character of the inheritors of SIMA. I had only just completed viewing "The Freedom Writers" which depicts the solitary crusade of a high school teacher to "nurture" the disadvantaged street kids who would otherwise fail to make it to college or even stay alive beyond 18 years of age. A must see.

The class of 203 in "The Freedom Writers" triggered me to reflect on the group of SIMA students who stuck to us like ants to sugar. The likes of Muhannad, who was my perpetual shadow like a personal bodyguard. Upon my departure on the 2nd April, he faithfully sat in the VVIP lounge with me and Prof. Abu Fadl Mohsein, Professor of Theology, Durban, South Africa. We had to virtually chase him home ! And Abu Baker made sure that my coffee cup was always filled and my lunch ready. Words fail to express my appreciation of these noble young souls of SIMA.

They were bustling with activity and enthusiasm around the Friendship Hall. They coordinated the transport, audio visual aids, ensured the flowing refreshments, printed the abstracts and power point presentations, ran errands, one student saw to the needs of each foreign speaker etc. Prior to my departure I had a full copy of all the power presentations, all the pictures taken and the lectures on line.

We had a great time with the students on our river Nile cruise and Dr. Sameer even slotted in a neurology tutorial ! Muhannad arranged for myself and Prof. Abu Fadl to visit the masjid and tomb of the Grand Mahdi. We learnt from the historical texts of his invaluable contribution to the preservation of the pristine teachings of Islam and their battles against the colonial British. A time for reflection to rejuvenate our roh of jihad.

A visit to Omdurman Islamic University, the oldest in the Sudan gave us the opportunity to speak to the medical undergraduates and infuse in them a sense of mission, medicine beyond borders and the lofty ideals of FIMA to gel the student fraternity world wide.

The culture of hard work, group dynamics and enthusiasm augurs well for the future of SIMA. They are getting hands on experience which would prepare them well for the arduous task of leadership which lies ahead. May Allah bless these young hearts and make them the equally brilliant leaders of SIMA in the future.



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REPORT FROM BANGLADESH

Prof Omar Hasan Kasule had very successful and busy time in Dhaka.

1. He conducted a workshop on 'Research Methodology : Islamic Perspectives'. The participants were different research personalities and PhD students of Dhaka University And National University. The session was very interactive and lively.


2. He was the keynote speaker in a seminar on 'Ethico-Legal issues in Medical practice: Islamic perspectives. The audience were mainly Medical Educationists and Physicians. It was a highly successful gathering with a huge turn out from all facets of academia and medical practice. The Q & A which followed was very interactive. This represents a new era in the field of medicine in Bangladesh. I received endless phone calls from many doctors who requested for similar programs in the future.


3. He visited the corporate Head Office of the Ibn Sina Trust, the biggest healthcare NGO of Bangladesh. He also visited the diagnostic center of this Islamic Hospital.


4. He joined in the meeting with the Exco members of Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought.


5. He visited Ibn Sina Medical College and presented a lecture on 'Islamization of Education: Medical Perspectives’ The audience were academic staff and students of this Islamic Medical College. It created so much enthusiasm among the students which is beyond description.


6. He joined in a discussion with the vice chancellors and deans of various public and private universities. The subject was 'Islamization of Science'.

Humbly submitted
Dr. Abu Kholdun Mahmood



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MESSAGE FROM FIMA ON THE OCCASION OF ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S ANNUAL CONVENTION
ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA CONVENTION 2007
HEALTH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: LIFESTYLE, HIV/AIDS & TECHNOLOGY
Protea Stellenbosch, 6-8 April 2007

Assalamualaikum WBT

My dear brothers in the leadership and membership of IMASA.

My thanks to your ever resourceful FIMA representative, Dr. Ashraf, for requesting me to share a few of my thoughts on the occasion of your 27th Annual Convention. I have been on two separate occasions to South Africa. The first during IMASA’s hosting of the 2003 FIMA International Convention and in 2006 on the occasion of your 26th Convention in Pretoria.

You are continuing and enhancing the excellent traditions of your celebrated elders who had the vision and imagination to gestate FIMA in the early 1980s. I write from first hand experience that your representation in FIMA has been most vibrant and polished. The vocal presence of IMASA representatives in our Council meetings ensured that business gets done promptly and helps connect us with our history and mission.

It is therefore no surprise that IMASA features prominently in many of FIMA’s international collaborative efforts. One of our major achievements has been in the domain of humanitarian and medical relief. The presence of FIMA and her affiliates was immediate and impactful in the Pakistan earthquake, the Indonesian Tsunami, the Lebanon crisis and the acute on chronic Palestinian crisis among others. And this has been in no small measure attributed to the excellent coordination and networking that has its command station in Capetown !

IMASA’s pioneering efforts in addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic from the Islamic perspective has set some enviable benchmarks for other IMAs to emulate. Your continuing reappraisal of your Jihad on HIV/AIDS, as this convention attempts to update, ensures that your efforts will always remain contemporary and at the cutting edge of the science and art of this dreaded disease.

Your various initiatives to "clone" the likes of the Ashrafs, the Khans, the Haruns, the Anwars, the Shabirs, the Yakubs etc would go a long way towards perpetuating the legacy of your works in IMASA. I was very delighted to speak to your enthusiastic medical students in Pretoria ( with the added benefit of shopping for African craft thrown in) and witness the strong presence of your younger residents.

FIMA students activities is another example of international collaboration at her best. Our Umrah & Ziarah programs, our summer and winter student camps has helped to gel our students world wide and endowed them a sense of mission and brotherhood/sisterhood beyond borders. I hope IMASA’s student chapter would be more actively involved in these programs.

Your annual convention would be an ideal occasion to celebrate these achievements which would heighten your confidence and passion to ascend greater heights. It is also a period of reflection and contemplation to search inwardly how much as individuals and an organization you have endeavoured to beseech the Pleasure of Allah through refinements of your human character and selfless service towards mankind.

I pray to Allah that He bestows your organisation the best of rewards and bless your annual meeting of minds and hearts.

Humbly yours,

Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President FIMA 2005-2007



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ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA CONVENTION 2007
HEALTH IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: LIFESTYLE, HIV/AIDS & TECHNOLOGY
Protea Stellenbosch, 6-8 April 2007

Please check on the website for changes to this programme: http://www.ima.org.za

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REPORT FROM KHARTOUM, SUDAN 30th MARCH 2007
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAM AND MODERN MEDICAL ISSUES
The event was officiated by Dr. Zubair Basheer Taha, Minister of Interior and Representative of the President. The Friendship Hall, where most official and major conferences are held, with a capacity of about 1,500 people was virtually full. It was widely covered by the media. Below is the address delivered by the President of FIMA.

His Excellency Minister of Interior, Dr. Zubair Basheer Taha, Representative of the President, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of the WHO, President of the Sudanese Islamic Medical Association (SIMA) and his executive committee, Distinguished Speakers and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.

On behalf of FIMA, may I congratulate SIMA on the inauguration of this international conference on Islam and Modern Medical Issues. You have continued to uphold and enhance the excellent traditions of your predecessors in SIMA who had the vision and imagination to nurture FIMA in the early 1980s. The archives of FIMA records that it was a doctor from Sudan who was the first chairman of the FIMA Council in 1981. And in July 2007, we will be staging our 24th FIMA Council meeting in Istanbul, Turkey together with our annual FIMA Scientific Convention. May I take this opportunity to invite all of you to join us in Istanbul.

The past 2 years has witnessed a flurry of activities in the realm of humanitarian and medical relief, showcasing the excellent collaborative efforts between SIMA and other IMAs anchored by FIMA, the parent body.

The first FIMA Medical Mission to Sudan in September 2004, led by Dr. Aly Mishal, then president of FIMA, snowballed into a further 8 FIMA Eye Camps which up to May 2006 involved 58 opthalmologists from 8 countries. And over a period of 15 months, 55,671 patients were examined and 5,267 operations were performed. A permanent ophthalmic facility, the FIMA Eye Hospital was established in Al-Genaina and is a reflection of the excellent cooperation between SIMA, FIMA and the local government authorities.

Our FIMA SAVE VISION dream team, led by Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman from Pakistan, has envisioned a further 15,000 eye surgeries in 2007 alone and have already begun eye camps in neighbouring Chad and Mogadishu in Somalia. And to ensure capacity building and sustainability of the many Eye projects, workshops have been organized for the training of opthalmologists and technicians and collaborations have been mooted with various international relief agencies including WHO.

This streak of collaborative humanitarian and medical relief has been similarly examplary in the Pakistan earthquake, the Indonesian Tsunami, the Lebanon crisis and the acute on chronic Palestinian crisis among others.

FIMA students activities are another example of international collaboration at her best. Our Umrah & Ziarah programs, our summer and winter student camps has helped to gel our students world wide and endowed them a sense of mission, brotherhood & sisterhood beyond borders. My initial 2 days in Khartoum has been surrounded by your enthusiastic and hard working medical students, which augurs well for the future of SIMA. And I hope the SIMA student chapter would be similarly actively involved in FIMA?s international student and medical resident programs.

The quality of medical expertise within the FIMA fraternity and her close liaison with scholars of Islamic jurisprudence has enabled her to be at the cutting edge of medical bio-ethics as examined from the Islamic perspective. This has been deliberated in many of her international conventions and scribed in her Annual FIMA Year Books.

SIMA's convention in the ensuing 4 days is very commendable and is another expression of the love and passion for medical knowledge and her appropriate utilization in this age of advancing medical bio-technology.

I pray to Allah that He bestows your organisation the best of rewards and bless this international meeting of minds and hearts.

Humbly yours
Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President FIMA 2005-2007

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REPORT FROM JORDAN ON PALESTINIAN RELIEF
I have attempted a summary of our humanitarian and medical work in the realm of Palestinian Relief over the past several months :

1. A working medical group was established locally in Jordan. Participants are: FIMA, The Jordan Medical Association and The Jordan Private Hospitals Association.
   We are trying to establish some integration and cooperation with local and international organizations, namely :
   • The Islamic International Council for Da’wa and Relief (IICDR).
   • The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization.
   • The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
   • The Arab Medical Union.
   • WHO


2. Up to date, we have received more than 900 Palestinian patients, referred from official Palestinian authorities. All were admitted to Private Jordanian hospitals with difficult and complicated major medical or surgical conditions that are impossible to be dealt with inside Palestine, due to the lack of qualified specialists and serious scarcity of medical equipments and supplies. Such conditions include major cardiovascular, neurosurgical, eye, cancer and violence-related injuries. We receive an average of 70 patients per month.
3. The expenses of treatment so far have exceeded two million USD. Donations received so far are less than 200.000 USD. Prominent among our supporters are: Mercy Malaysia and Doctors Worldwide.
4. The Jordan private hospitals granted significant cuts on the bills of medical care. Doctors were requested to waive their fees totally or partially. So far, Hospitals were kind enough to wait until donations are available to cover these medical expenses.
5. Another area of action is the help of Palestinian new graduate doctors to acquire residency training outside Palestine. This activity is crucial to provide Palestinian institutions and communities with qualified doctors in various specialties.

Thank you for your continued interest to provide humanitarian medical help to impoverished Palestinian patients deprived of qualified care in their homeland. I agree with your kind suggestion to heighten efforts to shed light on their continuous sufferings, the cruel racial aggression against them, and the real need to provide expert medical care to alleviate their sufferings.

May Allah (SWT) bless all the dedicated people who have extended any form of humanitarian assistance and sincere Dua for the suffering of mankind in various regions in this troubled world.

Sincerely Yours
Dr. Aly Mishal MD, FACP
Chief of Staff
Islamic Hospital, Jordan
Past-President FIMA ( 2003-2005 )



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SCIENTIFIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MUSLIM DOCTORS & DENTISTS ASSOCIATION ( MDDA )
Safeguarding Children in the United Kingdom
Medical, legal and ethical issues
An Islamic Perspective

Saturday 14th April 2007 - 09.00am - 5.00pm

University of East London, Docklands Campus, 4-6 University Way, London E16 2RD

0900- 0930 Registration / Tea & Coffee
0930- 0950 Welcome & Joint Introduction: MDDA & AML ;
Dr Abdullah Shehu - Chair of the MCB Health Committee & Ifath Nawaz - Chair of AML

0950-1015 Azmat Nisa- District Judge (TBC)
A Judge's view on Medical Ethics, Children & its role within English law & Shar'iah

1015-1040 Ahmad Thomson- Barrister & Head of Wynne Chambers
Islamic Law & Children- Issues such as genital mutilation, and circumsion etc

1040-1055 BREAK

1055-1120 Dr Faizal Moosa -Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Birmingham CAMHS

The Medical Perspective- 'Every Child Matters'

1120-1145 Dr Rabia Malik- Family Therapist -Central &NW London Mental Health NHS Trust
Family Matters- Parental Responsibility

1145-1210 Tahera Ladak - Barrister
Children & Family in Care Proceedings- The Legal Perspective

1210-1235 Nazia Rashid - Partner Docklands Solicitors
Domestic Violence & Children

1235-1245 ISLAMIC RELIEF ADDRESS
1245- 1255 ISLAMIC BANK OF BRITAIN ADDRESS
1255 -1345 LUNCH & PRAYER
1345-1415 Prof. Dawud Noibi OBE- Islamic Scholar, MCB Advisor & Convener of the Council of Nigerian Muslim Association
Children & Islam- The Scholar's Perspective

1415-1515 WORKSHOPS


1. "Children In Special Circumstances"
Adoption, Fostering, Care, UASC & Refugees- A conundrum of Ethico-Legal Issues
Chair: Dr Abdullah Shehu
Panel: Sheikh Abu Hanifa, Tahera Ladak, Dr Rabia Malik,
Dr Anis Mustapha- Consultant Paediatrician, St Mary's Hospital, London


2. " In The Best Interests of The Child"- Who decides Children's rights: Islamic Law versus English Law
Chair: Azmat Nisa- District Judge
Panel: Prof. Noibi, Ahmad Thomson, Nazia Rashid, Ifath Nawaz.

1515-1530 BREAK
1530- 1630 Q&A Session to Panel
Azmat Nisa, Ahmad Thomson, Dr Faizal Moosa, Dr Rabia Malik, Dr Anis Mustapha Tahera Ladak, Nazia Rashid, Prof Dawud Noibi & Sheikh Abu Hanifa

1630-1700 Closing & De-brief Dr Abdullah Shehu & Ifath Nawaz

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FIMA UPDATES 28
ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA ( UK & EIRE CHAPTER ) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

~ EXTREME MEDICINE 2007 ~

MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY, ENGLAND

31ST MARCH - 1ST APRIL 2007

With less than 7 days left, this is your opportunity to book your seat to Extreme Medicine 2007 in Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) Postgraduate Centre, Manchester on 31st March - 1st April 2007

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FIMA UPDATES 27
SUDANESE ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ISLAMC & MODERN MEDICAL ISSUES
KHARTOUM, SUDAN
30TH MARCH - 2ND MAY 2007

In The Name of Allah
SUDANESE ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (SIMA)

Islam & Modern Medical Issues Conference

Place : Friendship Hall
Time : Friday 30/3/2007, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

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FIMA UPDATES 26
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the historic city of Istanbul for the joint FIMA and Hayat Foundation Scientific Convention in July 2007.

The scientific meeting of these 2 organizations will showcase the latest research and thinking, exchange experiences, building and strengthening relationships between colleagues in the field of HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Islamic Bio-Ethics.

The Organizing Committee has put together an exciting academic and social programme catering to the needs of all participants.

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FIMA UPDATES 25
9th FIMA STUDENT SUMMER CAMP

Dates : 7th - 11th July 2007
Theme : Skillful Medical Students
Venue : Turkey

Estimated participants : 140

Participation of Female Students : To be finalized by Prof. Atallah ar-Ruhaily (Chairman FIMA Student Affairs Council) and Prof. Ihsan Karaman (Chairman FIMA Convention 2007 )

Coordinator of Summer Camp : Dr.Ali Adil Guneren

Contact :
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For information on Istanbul city click :
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Wassalam.
Prof. M. Ihsan Karaman
Chairman, FIMA Convention 2007



FIMA UPDATES 23

FIMA UPDATES 21
1. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IMA MALAYSIA ( UK & EIRE )
FIRST AID COURSE 3rd FEB 2007
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland , Dublin
11 AM - 3 PM

Speaker
Dr Al-Hady Alfian Yusof
SpR Emergency Medicine

Contact :
Abdul Hanif Khan , 2nd med RCSI
ahanif_329@yahoo. co.uk

or

Aimi Rahayu , 2nd med UCC
iskethaykal@ yahoo.com


2. ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF OPTHALMOLOGISTS ( APAO ) CONGRESS
Venue : Lahore; Pakistan
Dates : 24th - 28th February 2007.
Web address : www.APAO2007.com

Kindly receive required info as attachments.

You can get detailed information from the website also.

FIMA Save Vision has decided to facilitate the members of IMAs (Ophthalmologists) to participate in this congress.

1. We have already reserved limited slots on special discounted rates at USD 250. Please note early bird discount was USD 300 which expired on 15th Nov. 2006.These discounted registration slots will be offered to our dear guests on first come first serve basis.

2. Those who agree to stay in a humble guest house or apartment will be provided complimentary accommodation by FIMA Save Vision.

3. We will arrange pick up service, free of cost for our dear guests.

On this occasion we will hold a separate meeting of FIMA Ophthalmic Council to asses the project of FIMA Save Vision and to plan for the future.

To know more details about FIMA Save Vision and FIMA Ophthalmic Council, kindly visit our website
www.fimasavevision.org

All those who are interested are requested to kindly contact immediately :
Dr Intzar Hussain Butt
Deputy Director
FIMA Save Vision
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Mobile.No.0092-300-9430318

Please send a CC to
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My mobile No. 0092-300-8503070

With best regards,
Wassalam

Dr Hafeez ur Rahman
Director,
FIMA Save Vision



FIMA UPDATES 20
1. LETTER FROM JORDAN
Dear Br. Dr. Intizar
Assalamu Alaikum

Two of our ophthalmologists have returned back after 3 weeks of ophthalmology training in Lahore, under the capable hands of yourself and your colleagues. We are waiting for the third ophthalmologist who was delegated from Palestine. The fourth one is from Sudan.

We can not express our heartfelt gratitude and thanks, because words are unable to do so. Suffice to quote here what one of our ophthalmologists wrote in the report he presented to us; ~In my whole life I have never encountered such a sincere warm reception and hospitality! I felt I am among people who do not work for this world, but for the hereafter! They have the sincere and dedicated spirit of our Deen, that most of us who read Qura’n in Arabic, fail to manifest! They are extremely hospitable to their guest, they fulfill what they say, they experience no fatigue, they share with others their wealth, experience and even homes, and they expect nothing in return, except the pleasure and blessing of their Creator .."

This is just one portion of the report!

I cannot add more, except to say that with this spirit and sincerity, our work will Insha Allah raise to levels that fulfill our aims in all aspects of life.

May Allah (SWT) bless you all.

Sincerely yours
Dr. Aly Mishal
Past President FIMA
Chief of Staff, Islamic Hospital Jordan


2. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT : 24th FIMA COUNCIL MEETING & FIMA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2007, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
TENTATIVE AGENDA
24th FIMA COUNCIL MEETING
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
12-13 JULY 2007

Click here to download full agenda



FIMA UPDATES 19
1. REPORT FROM SOMALIA
Kindest regards from Mogadishu-Somalia.

We arrived here on Monday, Dec 18,2006. Our team includes three ophthalmologists and one technician.We were warmly received by our local partners. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Dalmar is the only practicing eye surgeon in Mogadishu, serving Central and Southern Somalia.

He is a very energetic, learned and kind hearted person. He has established a small eye hospital (NUR EYE HOSPITAL) in Mogadishu in 2001, when he returned from UK after 12 years. Our camp is being held in this hospital.

Dr Dalmar has already booked cataract cases for us. So far we have performed 180 cataract surgeries with IOL implantation. We are working in shifts, so our Eye camp is working fifteen hours a day. We have plans to perform about 500 surgeries.

We also met Dr Fujji, Officer In Charge of WHO office to establish links and initiate collaboration.

I visited Benadaar University, established by Benadaar Foundation, a Non Profit organisation. This Foundation is formed by 16 local doctors for the revival of educational system in Somalia. Their medical college is in its fifth year. This is the only functional medical college in Central and Southern Somalia. Their mission qualifies them for the membership of our FIMA Consortium of Medical Colleges (CIMCO) for which they are very keen to join. They need a lot of support and encouragement. Dr Dalmar is one of the founding member of this Foundation. He is also the current president of Somalian Medical Association ( 250 doctors). They would like to apply for affliation with FIMA.


2. REPORT FROM CHAD
Two eye surgeons and one technician from Pakistan under the leadership of Dr Intzar Hussain have been in CHAD since Saturday, Dec 14, 2006. They have completed their assigned mission and are now getting ready to fly back to Pakistan. They have performed 255 cataract surgeries.

With best regards
Wassalam

Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman
Chairman, FIMA SAVE VISION
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3. LETTER FROM FIMA OFFICE
Alhamdulillah, the FIMA SAVE VISION campaign is working out very well in both Chad and Somalia, 2 nations most deserving of our medical assistance and encouragement.

Your excellent medical & humanitarian efforts benchmarks against the best and sets examples which are extremely difficult to emulate. Congratulations Prof. Hafeez and all our opthalmologists and allied health professionals involved in this most noble task.

We understand that political ad social circumstances in both countries are difficult and trying. May Allah protect all of you and shower His choicest blessings to your endeavours.

I agree with your suggestions that FIMA should consider and facilitate their request and applications for affiliation and tapping our resources in CIMCO.

I will share this welcome news from Chad and Somalia with all our IMAs in my regular FIMA updates. Kindly continue to feed us with more wonderful news of your medical and humanitarian relief adventures, in lands which few would ever contemplate relief work, let alone transit or visit. FIMA is very proud to have such noble souls in our midst who go the extra mile in the relief of human sufferings and you continue to remain an inspiration to many of us.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin
President FIMA 2005-07



FIMA UPDATES 18
1. FIMA SAVE VISION : From Darkness to Light
Somalia remained in civil war for 16 years which led this country to a state of massive destruction and poverty. Health facilities are in a miserable state and ophthalmic care is negligible. For 10.5 million population, only 6 qualified eye surgeons are available, out of which only 4 are actively performing surgeries. It is estimated that about 2% of the people are blind, more than 50% are due to cataracts.

FIMA and Arab Medical Union (AMU) representatives met in Cairo on November 22, 2006 to discuss the Save Vision Campaign in Somalia. WHO coordinator for Prevention Of Blindness (POB) in Somalia and the Director of MINHAL (Somalian N.G.O) were also present at this meeting.

After considering all aspects of the existing situation and requirements, FIMA and AMU agreed to work in Somalia as partners for Save Vision Project. Ten thousands surgeries are planned till 31 Dec 2007.

Kindly send your donations for FIMA Save Vision to the account mentioned below : Federation of Islamic Medical Associations Trust
Account No. 36-61-01-0002
Al-Baraka Bank
Services Plaza, Mall Road,
Rawalpindi,
Pakistan

Signatories are as follows.
1.Dr Hafeez ur Rahman

2.Dr Intzar Hussain Butt

3.Dr Abul Hasnat Syed

With best regards
Wassalam

Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman
Chairman, FIMA SAVE VISION
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http://fimasavevision.org/index.php


2. VISION PROJECT IN NIGER BY DOCTORS WORLD WIDE TURKEY
Doctors Worldwide Turkey, Hayat Foundation?s sister organization for international relief, sent 5 volunteers from Turkey to perform eye operations in Niger. With the help of some Turkish NGOs, 3 ophthalmic surgeon and 2 nurses went to Tesova, Niger last week. They brought operating microscope, generators and other equipment and performed the operations at Tesova State Hospital.

Team leader Dr Erhan Sarisin gave the following brief. "Tesova is in the middle of the country. Total population of Niger is 14.5 million but there are only 10 ophthalmic surgeons. Cataract is very common here and because of poverty and insufficient number of surgeons, people live in darkness even at a young age. Niger is a very poor country. When we operated we requested to see them the following day for a follow up. They stayed outside of the hospital overnight because they had nowhere to stay. We worked till late nights and operated more than 250 cataract patient in 5 days."

We are planning to start fistula operations for women suffering from fistula complications from childbirth which is very common in Niger.

Dr. M. Ihsan Karaman MD
FIMA Representative Hayat Foundation
Chairman, Executive Committee, Doctors Worldwide Turkey


3. LETTER FROM AMERICA
Dear Dr. Karaman, Assalamu Alaikum

Jazak Allah and congratulations for the good work. May Allah reward you all. Forwarding this type of information stimulates others to do similar deeds and the world gets to view the good side of the Umma. Please let me know if there is a need of plastic surgeons in that region.

Dr. Parvaiz Malik
IMA North America


4. LECTURE BY PROF. OMAR HASAN KASULE IN ISTANBUL
Hayat Foundation will be organising a conference where Prof. Omar Hasan Kasule will give a lecture for a distinguished audience. The details are as follows :
Venue: Topkapi Eresin Hotel (5-star) Conference Room, Istanbul
Date: 22nd December 2006, Friday
Time: 19.00 Cocktail - 20.00 Lecture - 21.00 Questions and discussion
Topic: Contemporary Ethico-Legal Issues from an Islamic Perspective

Dr. M. Ihsan Karaman MD
FIMA Representative Hayat Foundation
Chairman, Executive Committee, Doctors Worldwide Turkey



FIMA UPDATES 16
1. FIMA EYE CAMPS DEC 2006 - JAN 2007 - 15,000 EYE SURGERIES PLANNED FOR 2007

A. FREE EYE CAMP in CHAD
9th Dec - 14th Dec, 2006
200 surgeries are planned.
Two Eye Surgeons and One OTA from Pakistan and one from Saudi Arabia will participate.

B. FREE EYE CAMP in MOGADISHO (SOMALIA)
18th Dec to 25th Dec, 2006.
500 surgeries are planned.
Three Eye Surgeons and one OTA from Pakistan will participate.

C. FREE EYE CAMP in FIMA Eye Hospital (Genaina & Darfur in Sudan)
14th Jan to 28th Jan 2007.
1,000 surgeries are planned.
Four eye surgeons and one OTA will participate.

D. WORKSHOP FOR TECHNICIANS - 3rd FIMA OPTHALMIC WORKSHOP
Structured program for two weeks.
Venue................FIMA Eye Hospital at Genaina, Sudan.
Dates.................14th Jan to 28th Jan 2007.
Beneficiaries........ Technicians of FIMA Eye Hospital and others from Darfur.
Trainers............... Eye surgeons and Technicians from Pakistan.

HOW CAN YOU AND YOUR IMAs HELP?
You and your IMAs are requested to join hands with FIMA Save Vision for this ongoing global and charitable activity.

IMAs can participate by sending your Eye Surgeons.

You and your IMAs can provide finances to fund these charitable activities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT :
Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman
Chairman, FIMA SAVE VISION
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http://fimasavevision.org/index.php



FIMA UPDATES 15
1. FIMA ANNUAL REPORTING FORM 2005 - A GENTLE REMINDER
Dear brothers in FIMA
Assalamu Alaikum

Two months has lapsed since a request was made for all IMAs to complete the 2005 Annual Report. The following IMAs have submitted their forms:

• MDDA-England
• Azerbaijan
• Bosnia
• Palestine
• Sudan
• Turkey
• Morocco
• Cambodia
• Pakistan
• USA
• South Africa
• Jordan
• Uganda
• Iraq
• Malaysia.

The following IMAs have yet to submit their forms:

• Saudi Arabia
• Indonesia
• Singapore
• Lebanon
• Algeria
• Yemen
• Egypt
• Germany
• Bangladesh

I would appreciate if the forms can be duly submitted before 30th Dec 2006. The form is attached for all IMAs to download. (Click here to download)

With best wishes.
Sincerely,

Prof.M.Azhar Khan, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Executive Director FIMA



FIMA UPDATES 14
1. Letter from The Student Chapter Scientific Medical Association, Jerusalem, Palestine ( SMA )
Dear Respected Brothers and Sisters in Islam;

We are writing this e-mail as the student chapter of the Scientific Medical Association (SMA), Jerusalem, Palestine; a member of the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA). We would like to humbly introduce ourselves.

Ten years ago, with much difficulty, the first Palestinian medical school was established at Al-Quds University, Jerusalem. This medical school, currently, is the single Palestinian institution training undergraduates for the Palestinian community. The medical school accepts the top students nationwide. Each year a limited and small number of students are admitted in a highly competitive atmosphere. The school, in other words, embraces the brainpower of the country. Those thirty-some, carefully selected students could, if appropriately nurtured, effect a huge change in our community in different areas.

The school is trying its best to provide the highest levels of instruction and training; however, the Palestinian students remain at some disadvantage in terms of international recognition and post-graduate opportunities. Our students are highly motivated, ambitious, and eager to change, serve and develop. However, our situation here in Palestine is not an easy one. It is practically the norm to be struggling for the most trivial of rights and needs- daily, in our lives and academia. We are trying our best to reach out to other communities around the world to introduce ourselves globally, to explore, and to expand our future opportunities.

This work is being done by students. Only recently, a congregation long dreamt of finally became a reality; bursting with activity; agile and impatient to serve, connect, and inspire: The Scientific Medical Forum at SMA-FIMA! A congregation that brings all Palestinian medical students together where they can share ideas, grow, give out and address the world. We are proud to belong to the collective efforts of Muslims around the Globe.

This e-mail is only a starter, Insha-Allah. We look forward to hearing back from you to start exchanging ideas and prospects. May Allah help us serve each other in good for his sake!


2. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM UNITED KINGDOM
Professor Dr Omar Hasan K Kasule, Sr.
MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard)
Professor of Epidemiology and Islamic Medicine
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Brunei

Will be in UK from 9th December 2006 - 1st January 2007 (less Istanbul 19-22 Dec and France 24-27 Dec)

Prof. Kasule is keen to meet doctors and medical students in UK and Ireland and to conduct workshops on Islamic Medicine and Medical Ethics. There is no fee but organisers are free to make voluntary collection from participants for refreshments and logistic expenses.

For those who are keen to participate or to organise the workshops please indicate your interest by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 25th November 2006. The final dates and different venues will be finalised and announced after we know the distribution of interested participants. Notes to organisers, the workshop can be conducted in tutorial rooms or in a suitable private residents. No need to be troubled by IT equipments as Prof. Omar can adjust to your circumstances accordingly.

There are two versions : One day version and half-day version
On weekends we can have one whole day session (6 - 8 hours)
On weekdays, half-day session (3 - 4 hours)

Sample of 1 DAY program
0900 : Introduction
0915 : Medical Ethics from Maqasid Al Shariat
0945 : Discussion
1000 : Concept of Islamic Medicine
1030 : Discussion
1045 : Break
1100 : Islamic Medical Curriculum
1130 : Discussion
1145 : Medicine as a profession
1215 :Discussion
1230 : Lunch and Prayer (Zuhr and Asr) Break
1400 : My experience in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.
1430 : Discussion
1445 : Contemporary Medical Issues from Islamic Perspective : IVF,
Contraception, Cloning, Abortion, Euthanasia.
1530 : Discussion
1600 : Future Challenges in Medical Profession
1630 : Q&A
1700 : Closing and Disperse

For more information on Prof. Omar Kasule’s work, kindly view :
http://omarkasule.tripod.com
http://omarkasule01.tripod.com

Dr. Burhanudin Busu
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Basildon University Hospital, Essex
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3. FIMA SAVE A VISION REPORT FROM Sudanese Islamic Medical Association (SIMA) & Federation Islamic Medical Association (FIMA)
The 10th & 11th Camps: Halfa - Dongola (5 - 27 August 2006)


· Total number of O.P.D (3,000) patients
· Total number of operations (105)
· Total number of Ophthalmologists (9) - (3) from Pakistan (3) from Sudan (2) from Malaysia (1) from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

operations - number
I.O.L - 97
Trabu - 6
Others - 2


The 12th camp: Academic Hospital (Khartoum) (26 -31 August 2006)
· Total number of O.P.D (1,800) patients
· Total number of operations (127)
· Total number of Ophthalmologists (8) - (2) from Pakistan (4) from Sudan (2) from Malaysia


operations - number
I.O.L - 127
Trabu - n/a
Others - n/a


The 13th camp: Um Dawan Ban - AL- Ban Gaded Hospital (Khartoum)
23 September - 28 October 2006
· Total number of O.P.D (6,000) patients
· Total number of operations (313)
· Total number of Ophthalmologists (6) - (5) from Pakistan

(1) from Sudan
operations - number
I.O.L - 299
Trabu - 14
Others - n/a

· CUMULATIVE TOTAL number of O.P.D (10,800) patients
· CUMULATIVE TOTAL number of operations (545)

Dr. Hassab Ur Rasool Eltayip Mohammed
Sudan IMA


4. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM IMANA
IMANA (IMA North America) is in the process of compiling a list of non-US medical schools for JIMA (Journal of Islamic Medical Association of North America) distribution to Libraries of medical colleges and hospitals. Kindly update with the following information :

1- Full mailing address , contact telephones & fax number of your respective Medical University / College / School including the name of Dean/Principal/Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor.

2- Full addresses of Hospitals having libraries with undergraduate, graduate & post-graduate teachings.

Shiraz Malik
Executive Director
Islamic Medical Association of North America
101 W. 22nd Street, Suite 106, Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: 630.932-0000 ~ Fax: 630.932-0005
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~ Website: www.imana.org



1. NEWS FROM FIMA SAVE VISION
My trip to Sudan in this blessed month of Ramadhan was most fruitful. Two Eye camps were conducted in the province of Khartoum. This is the first of its kind at such a massive scale during this Holy Month. Five surgeons from Pakistan participated. We examined nearly 10,000 patients and operated well above 300 cases.

We finalized relief activities for Somalia. Mr Hasab o Rasool and I will visit Mogadishu in the next few days. The program will be finalized by our Sudanese brothers as they are in close contact with the Somalian authorities.

Prof Mamoun from Sudan IMA will be in Pakistan in November at the invitation of FIMA Save Vision. In addition to delivering various lectures & addresses he will sign an MOU with Peshawar Medical College.

A training workshop for the ophthalmologists will commence on 6th of Nov. Four ophthalmologists will participate. Dr. Intzar has finalized the arrangements.

Wassalam

Prof. Hafeez ur-Rahman
Chairman
FIMA Save Vision
Past-President Pakistan IMA (PIMA)
Past-Secretary FIMA


2. ARABMED ANNUAL CONVENTION
I hope and pray to Allah (SWT) to bestow His blessings and Barakah on all our FIMA members & their families on this joyous occasion of Eidul Fitr.

I was invited to attend the ARABMED Annual Convention in Aleppo, Syria on 28th October - 2nd November 2006. I will make a scientific

jurisprudence presentation, and another one about FIMA.

Sincerely Yours
Dr. Aly Mishal
Past-President FIMA



FIMA UPDATES 12
1. FIMA INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM - CIMCO
Dear all
Assalamu 'alaikum w.w.

Thank you very much for all your enthusiasm and support. I am writing to announce that the Symposium that was planned on the 22nd - 24th of October in Kuala Lumpur has to be postponed for a few reasons.

I would like to apologise for all the inconvenience caused. Insha Allah we will plan better next time and give ample time for everyone to prepare better and be heavily involved in the programme.

For you information the application for registration this time came mostly from Indonesia and Malaysia. I think this is a good sign that we are moving forward in this region to be among the best medical school in the world. I pray that we will be successful in our efforts

Again, on behalf of CIMCO, I deeply apologise and take this opportunity to wish you a very successful Ramadhan, Kullu aam wa antum bikhair.

I can be contacted at my mobile phone no. +6012 314 5854 for any further information. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Wassalamu 'alaikum w.w.

Prof. Dr. Abdul Latiff
Secretary, CIMCO
President IMA Malaysia



FIMA UPDATES 11
1. 15th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS CONGRESS ? CALL FOR PAPERS
Ain Shams University Students? Scientific Society has annually organized one of the world?s major events in the field of medical research. The 15th Annual International Medical Students? Congress is a continuation of this tradition.

Venue?
Cairo, Egypt
12-15 February 2007

Who should attend?
Medical students and young doctors who are interested in research and who have been involved in worthwhile medical research, are all invited.

Why attend?
The congress offers a unique opportunity to present your research to an international audience and a scientific jury of high calibre.

Awards
The winner awards will be for the 1st two winners for Oral presentations and 1st two winners for poster presentations, named after our beloved Prof. Ali Khalifa.

? 1st Oral and 1st Poster presentation awards: 500 Euros each

? 2nd Oral and 2nd Poster presentation awards: A place in our annual Summer School for each

Website
http://www.ausss.com

E-Mail :
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Phones :
Karim Ismail (002) 010 9241 143
Mohamed Ansaf (002) 012 7373 007


2. NEWS FROM SWEDEN IMA ( SWIMA )
Assalamu Alaikum,
Eid Mubarak, to all, too!

We all have our duties and efforts, in different ways, but with the same Tawhid, Alhamdulillah.

Please visit our website and inform brothers and sisters in your countries for on-line donations for Sayyidina Hamza Mosque in Sweden.
www.skovdemoske.org

There's information in English, Swedish, Turkish and the Bosnian language.

This would be our way to invite all humanity to peace and Islam.

Soon will we have our Autumn meeting and I hope I will inform you about the latest developments in Sweden, InshaAllah.

Wassalam.

Dr. Y?ksel Peker, MD, PhD
Chairman of SWIMA
www.swima.com

Sleep Medicine Unit
Skaraborg Hospital
SE 54185 Skoevde
Sweden


3. VISIT TO TURKEY
Eid Mubarak

I will be in Istanbul from 18-23 December 2006. If possible I would like to earn some Thawaab by doing a lecture or a workshop on any matter relating to medicine and Islam under the auspices of FIMA or her affiliate in Turkey. I am therefore writing to request that you suggest this to our brothers there.

I will be available any time, day or evening on 19-22 Dec. I leave on 23rd at about 4.00 pm.

Wassalam

Prof. Omar Hasan Kasule
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(Editorial comments : Prof. Omar is an authority on issues related to Islam & Medicine and a speaker most often sought by IMAs worldwide. Dr. Ihsan and brothers in Turkey, kindly consider his generous offer favourably, an opportunity not to be missed!)


4. FIMA SAVE VISION - OPTHALMOLOGY TRAINING IN PAKISTAN
Dear Dr. Aly Mishal,

Eid Mubarak.

I apologise for this delayed reply. I have been involved in the organization of 10 free eye camps planned for November 2006 in Pakistan and help with PIMA humanitarian relief in earth quake affected areas.

I will ensure the necessary documents are faxed to your kind self ASAP.

The opthalmology training programme for the doctors from Sudan and Jordan both phaco and oculoplasty will operate simultaneously as both facilities and the expertise are available in our department.

We will take these doctors away from Lahore to an eye camp for 2 days, where they will be able to perform surgeries.

We will also arrange programmes with other doctors, ophthalmologists, media and the business community in the evenings.

We look forward to their arrivals including Prof. Mamoon Humaida. President Sudan IMA (SIMA) on 17th Nov 2006.

We would also like to create awareness in Pakistan about the current situation in Palestine and Darfur. FIMA Save Vision welcomes other doctors to join these ophthalmology short courses.

May Allah accept all our efforts.

Dr. Intzar Hussain

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