Noor Community Clinic’s history begins before its first patient appointment. In 2008, Dr. Malika Haque and a group of Muslim physicians and community members began planning a free clinic in Columbus. It opened on January 20, 2010, after two years of preparation. The sequence gives a more useful picture of institution building than a founding date alone.
A team wider than the physicians
The clinic describes volunteers from several professions and religious backgrounds, including nurses, medical students and undergraduates. Its stated purpose is primary care for uninsured and underinsured neighbors, irrespective of religion or background. The history identifies referral to Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center when a patient’s needs exceed the clinic’s resources.
A partnership with limits
Noor Islamic Cultural Center’s clinic page describes the relationship between the Muslim Clinic of Ohio and Wexner Medical Center. Its appointment instructions also make clear that capacity is limited and a coordinator schedules visits. This is a community service with an access process, not a promise that any reader can arrive and receive every kind of treatment.
Readers seeking care should begin with the provider’s current appointment page. Those interested in volunteering or the history can follow the clinic’s own account of how the collaboration developed.
Explore the state’s cultural institutions too
The Columbus city guide offers a wider route through Muslim community life. For an art-focused route, the Cleveland collection article examines Islamic objects in another Ohio institution. The collection photographs associated with that article belong to Cleveland’s museum; they do not illustrate Haque’s work or the Columbus clinic.
Follow the story
Explore the original reporting and organizational records:
Selected local stories, not a complete account of the state. Events and figures refer to the periods stated above. Check directly with organizations for current services.
