Private company

Islamic American University

Logo: islamicau.org⁴

American university in Southfield, Michigan

The Islamic American University (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية الأمريكيّة) is located in Southfield, Michigan. They offer correspondence and online courses and is one of few Islamic colleges in the United States.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded¹

HeadquartersAnn Arbor, United States¹
Websitewww.islamicau.org
Legal formCorporation (For-Profit)³
LEI549300BXWU32AYWT1A56³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressC/O STEPHEN LANGE RANZINI, 48104 Ann Arbor, United States³
Registered withCorporations Division (Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs), 800665091³

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Corporate structure

Islamic American University is part of a group headed by UNIVERSITY BANCORP, INC.. 6 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

UNIVERSITY BANCORP, INC. Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- University Bank Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  - Islamic American University Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  - HYREX SERVICING, LLC Subsidiary · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  - UNIVERSITY HOME LOAN, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Bank of Whittier, National Association Subsidiary · 100% · Whittier, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founder and President Dr. Salah Sultan. The university grew out of a project of the Muslim American Society.

From Wikipedia’s article on Islamic American University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

University Bank³

Ultimate parent

UNIVERSITY BANCORP, INC.³

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Controversies and legal

Controversies

In a 1999 speech at an annual conference of the Islamic Association for Palestine, Sultan had expressed his hope that all Muslim children would dream of martyrdom of the Palestinian cause: "I want every child to sleep on the wound of Palestine and the actions of martyrdom, just like that mother in the country whose son wrote to her that they are to meet in Paradise."

Yusuf al-Qaradawi served as trustee of the university until June 2003.