Imam Khalid Latif

Imam Khalid Latif is a University Chaplain for NYU, and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU. Under his leadership, ICNYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout the city, and in 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24. Imam Latif was selected as one of 60 NYC leaders to serve on May Bill Deblasio's Transition Team, helping to select individuals for key roles in the current NYC administration and also appointed to a "Task Force to Combat Hate" to deal with the rise in Islamophobic, anti-semitic and anti-sikh sentiment in NYC.