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Positions of leadership have always been a part of Khalid Latif’s life. Born and raised in Edison, New Jersey, Imam Latif was captain of his high school football and track teams, Student Council president, and one of only three Muslims in his graduating class. Imam Latif moved to New York City in 2000 to attend New York University and attained his Bachelors degree with honors in Political Science and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. It was during this time that he was exposed to a diverse array of Muslims from all over the world and for the first time was taught to really reflect on and embrace his Islam. He began to take classes in the Islamic Sciences with local scholars and, after graduating from NYU, Imam Latif completed coursework at the Hartford Theological Seminary in the field of Islamic Chaplaincy. In 2005 he was appointed as the first Muslim chaplain at NYU where he began to initiate his vision for a pluralistic future on and off campus for American Muslims.
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