In 2007, he was one of the original signatories of “A Common Word Between Us and You,” an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. Wit Lecture on Spirituality in Contemporary Life at Harvard Divinity School. Helminski has been named as one of the “500 Most Influential Muslims in the World” by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center, and in 2001 he was the first Muslim to deliver the Harold M. He is also a Shaikh (spiritual teacher) in the Mevlevi Order, a 750 year-old tradition based on the teachings of the thirteenth century Muslim mystic, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. Kabir Edmund Helminski is the author of a number of books on contemporary Sufism, a translator of Sufi poetry (especially the poetry of Rumi), and is the co-founder and co-director of Threshold Society ().
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