Leadership Greater McHenry Count, 1290 Lake Ave, Woodstock, IL 60098, US

Schools and educational services, nec, nec, Catholic elementary and secondary schools, Legislative bodies, national

What began on the campus of Harvard in 1968 landed here in Skokie ten years later. Abidullah and Tasneema Ghazi, then Harvard students, saw a need for an Islamic Sunday school on the campus. Their search for educational materials that they could use to teach the faith led to a lifelong passion and the authorship of a good deal of Islamic textbooks for children. Today, the non-profit foundation continues its work in Skokie with a library of over 150 published books and reference materials. Iqra is one of the most popular Islamic educational foundations in North America.