In 1974, the Planning Committee of the Muslim Students' Association of the
U. S. and Canada sparked the idea of designing a comprehensive curriculum
for American Muslims who have recently embraced Islam. Such curriculum is
greatly needed by a large population of Muslims in North America to help
them understand Islam as a complete way of life, practice it and live up to its
ideals. To satisfy this need, the task of producing the curriculum and its
supportive material was entrusted to the Department of Education,
Publication and Information. Through the efforts of that Department and the
Islamic Teaching Center, Dr. Mohammad Moinuddin Siddiqui undertook to
work out" A Program of Studies for New Muslims." His deep commitment to
Islam and conviction of the significance of education as a crucial vehicle for
social change prompted him to devote his time and finish the first stage of
this tremendous and challenging work. The second stage is the writing of text
books which are specifically tailored to the sequential level series of this
program of studies