Khalid Latif

Khalid Latif is an American imam and chaplain, born in Edison, New Jersey in 1982. ¹ He was New York University's first Muslim chaplain and the youngest chaplain in New York City Police Department history, led the Islamic Center at NYU for almost twenty years, and in 2025 became director and co-founder of the Islamic Center of New York City. ¹ His lecture archive at the NYU center is the channel behind this entry.

Latif was born on 18 October 1982 in Edison, New Jersey, and studied political science and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, followed by graduate study at Hartford Seminary. ¹ In 2005 he was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU; he also served briefly as Princeton's first Muslim chaplain in 2006 before committing to NYU, where his post was fully institutionalised in 2007. ¹ The same year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated him to the NYPD, making him at 24 the youngest chaplain in the department's history. ¹ He became known as a spokesman for coexistence between cultures and religions, ran a Ramadan blog for the Huffington Post from 2010 — winning a Brass Crescent Award in 2011 — and received the NYU Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 2014. ¹ He also owns Honest Chops, a halal butcher in New York. ¹ After almost twenty years of service to the NYU community he stepped down, leaving the Islamic Center at NYU on 15 August 2025 to direct the newly established Islamic Center of New York City, which he co-founded. ¹

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