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==History==
In the 1960s, the establishment of the MSA was financed by a Saudi charity.<ref name="Radicals">{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121391832473590285.html|title=Campus Radicals: A New Muslim Student Group Tries to Rouse the Moderates|last=El Horr|first=Jane|coauthors=Saeed, Sana|date=June 20, 2008|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref> MSA National was formed in 1963 at the campus of [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] (UIUC) by members of the [[Muslim foreignBrotherhood]], studentsthe largest [[Sunni]] radical movement.<ref>{{cite book |urlname="Radicals"/><ref>[http://books.google.cacom/books?id=hBS4_S4q-NwCVJj8voB723YC&pg=PA197|titlePA241&dq=Mecca%22Muslim+Students%27+Association%22+brotherhood&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Muslim%20Students%27%20Association%22%20brotherhood&f=false and''Muslim Main StreetMafia: MuslimInside lifethe inSecret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America'', afterP. 9/11|publisher=OxfordDavid UniversityGaubatz, PressPaul |page=Sperry, 197|WND accessdate=2010-03-12|author=Books, Abdo2009, Geneive}}ISBN 1935071106, accessed February 1, 2010]</ref> Today, the organization is itself manifest in various forms on several campuses across the United States and Canada.<ref name="Radicals"/> The groups are funded by campus students as well as the Universityuniversity to which it belongs.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/education/21muslim.html For Muslim Students, a Debate on Inclusion - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
(One of the largest MSAs in the United States is the [[UIC MSA]].) It is the first national organization to have a convert to Islam who was born in the U.S. as its head.
===Controversy===
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