Alhamdulillah, masajid and Islamic schools are expected to be perpetual. Unfortunately, many Islamic centers founded in the 19th and early 20th Century were lost. To prevent this in the future, a national Waqf organization, the North American Islamic Trust, Inc. (NAIT) was founded in 1973 by the Muslim Students’ Association of the United States and Canada (MSA). NAIT maintains its foundational supporting relationship with MSA and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).