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Islam once gave birth to a great civilization that respected religious diversity, freedom of conscience, and scientific thought, and Islamic knowledge contributed to the birth of humanism in the Renaissance. Today's world is desperately in need of a spirituality that is free of dogma, based in experiences not beliefs, one that can reconcile the human and spiritual realms. In his new book, renowned spiritual teacher and Sufi shaikh Kabir Helminski gives us a compelling interpretation of spiritual or holistic Islam that will hearten contemporary Muslims looking for a faith suited to our times, and provide non-Muslims with a brilliant introduction to this rich spiritual tradition.
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Kabir Helminski is co-director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation rooted in the traditions of Sufism and inspired by the life and work of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He is an author, a translator of the works of Rumi and others, and a shaikh in the Mevlevi Order which traces back to Rumi. He has authored some of the finest modern English translations of Rumi's poetry (in numerous editions published by Shambhala), and is the author of two contemporary classics on Sufism which have been published into at least twelve languages: Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions) and The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation (Shambhala).
