Why This Scholarship Matters

Organic Imams seeks to produce qualified homegrown leadership through a scholarship program. It provides students direction and financial fortitude in so that they may study the Islamic sciences in fitting institutions, allowing them to focus all of their attention on their studies. These students will return to Houston with a degree in the Islamic sciences and an enriched understanding of how to serve and help build a properly fortified community modeled by classical islamic scholarship. We aim to facilitate the ideal model of scholarship by harvesting youth from our very own culture while taking advantage of the wisdom and knowledge presented in the sacred sciences: providing scholars from within ourselves who have gained knowledge from the original sources.

(Organic Imam and Zaytuna Graduate M. Khan, currently serving the Houston community as an Imam)

Why Your Continued Support Is Vital

Islam has never become rooted in a particular land until that land began producing its own religious scholars. For this reason, the Rashad Scholarship has been established in order to encourage the development of qualified Islamic leadership in the Houston community. The scholarship aims to fill the great void of a balanced Islamic discourse in the community by regularly sponsoring students of different backgrounds to immerse themselves in religious studies for a period of time and to subsequently return to serve their local community.

This scholarship serves to fulfill a communal obligation of establishing Islamic Scholarship and benefits the community and thus, the responsibility of funding this project lies on our shoulders.

(Notebooks from last year's Ramadan one-week intensive for youth lead by Organic Imam Imran Ghani)

How You Can Help

1. Donate to our campaign!

2. Spread this campaign on your social media sites

3. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter

4. Visit our new website: www.organicimams.org

5. Share the scholarship with those who might be interested in applying

Have Questions?

Reach out to us via email (masorganicimams at gmail dot com) to speak with some of the current recipients or graduates. If you know anyone who is interested in the scholarship, we highly encourage you to share our website with them!