Sohaib Sultan

In 2005, Sultan became the first Muslim Fellow in the Chaplain's office of Yale University^[1] and went on to serve as Muslim chaplain for Trinity College^[2] and Wesleyan University.^[3] In 2008, he became the full-time Muslim chaplain at Princeton.^[4]

He was a public lecturer and writer on Islam, Muslim culture, and Muslim-Western relations, occasionally blogging on the Huffington Post Religion section.^[5] He was the author of The Koran for Dummies (2004),^[6] The Qur’an and Sayings of Prophet Muhammad: Selection Annotated and Explained (2007).^[7] Additionally, he frequently delivered Islamic Friday sermons, with his last one being in March 2021.

He was diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer, and died on April 16, 2021. His funeral and burial were held the next day.^[8]

His book, An American Muslim Guide to the Art of Islamic Preaching ^[9] was published posthumously in 2023 with a foreword and edits from Martin Nguyen. The book was originally Sultan's master's degree thesis.