Dear FIMA members
Assalamu Alaykum
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim
Praise to Allah the most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. May Allah shower
His blessings and peace on His Prophet and Messenger Muhammad (PBUH).
I begin by thanking the FIMA Executive Committee for honoring me with
the responsibility to be the Editor-in-Chief again for this year book. I thank
Allah for giving me the opportunity and enabling me to accomplish this
task. I pray to Allah to accept this effort in His way and to reward all who
participated in this endeavor.
Unfortunately I have to start by announcing that FIMA lost two great Muslim
workers, Dr. Ahmad Elkadi and Dr. Hassan Hathout, last April. They are well
known to many of you. Dr ElKadi was one of the few who established FIMA
in 1981. He orchestrated the very first meeting in Orlando, Florida ,attended
by representatives of ten Islamic Medical Associations (IMA’s) from different
countries ,and was elected the secretary general of the new FIMA. In addition
to his efforts in the Islamic Medical Association of North America(IMANA) he
was instrumental in the establishment of other IMAs, especially that of
South Africa. Dr. Elkadi was the first recepient of the prestigious FIMA Life
time Achievement Award.
