Dear FIMA Members
Assalumu Alaykum
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim
Praise be to Allah the most Merciful, the most Beneficent. May Allah shower
His blessings and peace upon His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
I begin by thanking FIMA Executive Committee for honoring me with the
responsibility to be the Editor-in-Chief again for the FIMA yearbook. I thank
Allah (SWT) for giving me this opportunity and enabling me to accomplish
this task. I pray to Allah (SWT) to accept this effort in His way and to
reward all who participated in this endeavor.
I like to start this editorial by remembering with great sadness the loss past
year of the late professor Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan (may Allah have mercy
on him). Prof. Khan was the one who convinced me to accept the editorship
of FIMA yearbook. He was a pioneer of the Islamic Medical Association of
North America (IMANA)1 .He was a devout Muslim who had worked hard to
help improve healthcare of the Muslim community both in USA and abroad.
Dr Khan was a close friend. I miss him, as many FIMA members who came
to know him well. May Allah bless his soul, forgive his sins and admit him to
His Paradise.
