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Immigrant Struggles Sparked Community Building
- Yasir Qadhi recounts his father's migration to Houston in 1963 and early struggles with racism and isolation.
- These hidden hardships shaped his father's drive to organize the first Muslim student group and community in Texas.
From Coin Box To Citywide Mosque Network
- He founded the University of Houston MSA in 1964 and later the Islamic Society of Greater Houston.
- Those grassroots efforts began with coins in a donation box and grew into an organization overseeing dozens of masjids.
Public Outreach When Islam Was Little Known
- He engaged with non-Muslim audiences, gave Quran copies to figures like Billy Graham, and taught Islam publicly.
- His outreach built bridges when Islam was almost unknown in 1960s Houston.