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The Muslim Students' Association (MSA) is a group dedicated, by its own description, to Islamic societies on college campuses in Canada and the United States. The MSA advocates orthodox Islam and is involved in social activities, such as fund raisers for the homeless during Ramadan. It is the first national organization to have a convert to Islam who was born in the USA as its head.
Many high-profile MSA members have gone on to hold important positions within ISNA. The Islamic Circle of North America, Muslim Youth of North America, North American Islamic Trust, and other Muslim organizations in North America have their roots in the MSA.
The Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada is also known as MSA National. It is an umbrella organization for all of the chapters at various campuses across the continent and promote Sunni Islam. Local chapters are only loosely connected with the parent institution, and often take different names, such as "Islamic Students Association", or "Muslim Discussion Group".
There is no fixed hierarchy between MSA National and local chapters; as such, the policies and views of the national organization are not necessarily shared by local chapters.
The United States and Canada is divided into five zones, three in the US and two in Canada. Each zone has a zonal representative, chosen by the members of the affiliated chapters within that zone. Chapters make up regional councils.
MSA National was formed in 1963 at the campus of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) by representatives from various campuses.
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