Young Muslim Association

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| formation = 1999

| founder = Sayed Hassan Qazwini

| founding_location = Dearborn, Michigan, United States

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The Young Muslim Association (YMA) is an Islamic organization founded in Dearborn, Michigan in 1999 by Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini and is affiliated with the Islamic Center of America.{{cite web |url=https://www.muslimobserver.com/qazwini-resigns-islamic-center-america/ |title=Qazwini Resigns from Islamic Center of America |work=The Muslim Observer |last=Fawaz |first=Laura |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=8 June 2023}}{{cite report |title=HIV/AIDS in the Arab-American Community |url=https://www.accesscommunity.org/sites/default/files/documents/access_report_2006.pdf |publisher=AccessCommunity.org |page=21 |access-date=8 June 2023 |quote="Imam Hassan Qazwini is a scholar and the religious leader of the Islamic Center of America in Detroit, Michigan. His responsibilities at the Islamic Center of America include delivering Friday prayer in both English and Arabic; founding and directing the Young Muslim Association; and acting as religious leader for Muslim Shi’a Arabs in the U.S."}} The YMA regularly scheduled programs and events throughout the year; with Friday programs which occurred all year long in the evenings.{{cite book |title=Shi'ism in America |publisher =New York University Press |last=Takim |first=Liyakat Nathani |date=September 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiUVCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22young+muslim+association%22+dearborn&pg=PA90 |isbn=9780814782972 |page=90 |access-date=8 June 2023}}

The stated goals of the YMA are to promote an Islamic way of life for Muslim youths.{{cite web |title=YMA Fact Sheet |url=http://www.ymaonline.org/pdf/YMAfactsheet.pdf |website=ymaonline.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010180758/http://www.ymaonline.org/pdf/YMAfactsheet.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2008}} The organization tries to enhance the leadership qualities of young people within the community.{{Cite news|url=https://thetandd.com/lifestyles/30-30-vision-young-muslims-find-mission-motivation-in-30/article_5838d352-3eea-5c86-ad9e-2c33352abc80.html|title=30/30 VISION: Young Muslims find mission, motivation in '30' |date=2008-10-22|work=Arab America|last=Karoub|first=Jeff|publisher=The Times and Democrat|language=en-US|access-date=8 June 2023}}

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