The Los Angeles Latino Muslim Association provides information about Islam to the Southern California Latino community.

Alexander Knysh is a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Michigan. He is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he is writing about Islam and empire in the Northern Caucasus.

The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo is one of the largest mosques in the U.S. It was founded more than 75 years ago by Syrian immigrants and today serves Muslims of 20 nationalities. Contact secretary Aneesa Shaheen.

The Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago in Northbrook, Ill., was founded in 1974 by Bosnian Muslims. Its mission is to conduct services in accordance with the faith of Islam and to educate its members and children.

Karima Alavi is program director for Dar al Islam in Abiquiu, N.M., where she directs a summer program for teachers called “Understanding and Teaching About Islam.”

The Islamic Center of New Mexico is in Albuquerque and serves 2,000 local Muslims.

The Islamic Community Center of Tempe, Ariz., serves Muslims of 75 different nationalities around the campus of the University of Arizona.

The Islamic Society of Greater Houston was founded in 1968 and today serves more than 50,000 Muslims in the greater Houston area through 17 branches.

The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies is at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It maintains a list of faculty from across the school. Michael Bernard-Donals is director.