#  Muslim Chaplains 

 



Khalil Abdur-Rashid is the first full-time University Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University and Instructor of Muslim Studies at Harvard Divinity School. He serves all Muslim students at Harvard, supervises staff of the Harvard University Office of the Chaplain and also serves on the Board of Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life at Harvard... Read more about Khalil [here](/bio "Bio & CV")



 

 

 

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   ![Samia Omar](/sites/g/files/omnuum9556/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/khalilabdur-rashid/files/samia_omar.png?itok=a8tyUGfb) 

 

Samia Omar serves as the first Muslim woman chaplain at Harvard University, as part of the Harvard Chaplains, devoted to supporting religious, spiritual and ethical life on campus. Read more about Samia [here](/samias-bio)



 

##  Selected Interview 

 



  [### Questions, answers with Harvard' Muslim chaplain

 ](/blog/questions-answers-harvard-muslim-chaplain) July 30, 2018 

 Published in The Harvard Gazette Photo Credit: Stephanie Mitchell Khalil Abdur-Rashid was named Harvard’s first full-time Muslim chaplain last July, bringing with him a strong foundation in civil rights, social work, higher education, and Islamic law and... 

 

 

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