The University Muslim Medical Association Community Clinic provides health services to Muslims and others, regardless of ability to pay, in South Central Los Angeles. It opened in 1996.

Muslim Community Services of San Diego provides social and educational services in the area.

The Refugee Women’s Alliance is a multiethnic community organization that provides comprehensive services to refugee and immigrant women and families in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. Its clients include Muslims.

The National Muslim Law Students Association is a national network of Muslim law students. It has chapters across the country.

Read a Jan. 6, 2008, New York Times story about domestic violence in Muslim families in the U.S.

Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights provides counseling and legal referrals for victims of domestic violence.

Islamic Relief USA is a California-based international Islamic nonprofit agency founded in 1984. It operates projects in education and training, water and sanitation, income generation, orphan support, health and nutrition, and emergency relief in foreign countries and in the U.S. It has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.

Helping Hand USA is an Islamic global humanitarian relief and development organization that focuses on Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kenya and Iraq. Its American office is in Detroit.

Read a March 28, 2008, USA Today article on Islamic loans becoming a profitable business for U.S. banks.