Haris Tarin

{{short description|Afghan-American Muslim leader (born 1978)}}

Haris Tarin (born 1978) is an Afghan-American Muslim leader.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rising-muslim-american-leader-in-dc-speaks-for-his-generation/2012/11/11/850d39f0-2201-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html |title=Rising Muslim American leader |newspaper=Washington Post |date=12 Nov 2012 |author=Pamela Constable}}

Tarin is the son of a former diplomat who fled war-torn Afghanistan with his family when Tarin was four years old. He grew up in Los Angeles and earned a B.A. from California State University, Northridge.

Haris was previously the director of the Washington D.C. office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Currently, he serves as a senior policy advisor for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the United States Department of Homeland Security.