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Kabir Edmund Helminski (1947-present) is an American Sheik of Mevlevi - Tariqa (Mevlevi Dervish Order). He is co-director of the Book Foundation in the United States of America. He is the founder of Threshold Society. Helminski translated many works of the Islamic mystic Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi into English. From the Selçuk Üniversitesi in Konya he received the Honorary doctorate in the field of literature. He was one of the 138 signers of the open letter A Common Word Between Us and You, the Personalities of Islam to "Leaders of Christian Churches Everywhere" (Engl. ") (October 13, 2007). [1] In 2009, he was on the list of the 500 most influential Muslims of the Prince Al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan listed.