The Dervish from The Big Apple
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
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A GLIMPSE of his physical appearance would not reveal the position of Kabir Edmund Helminski as a Sufi. The mursyid (instructor) of the Maulawiyah Sufi order (tarekat) in the US had Caucasian characteristics: white with a pointed nose, dreamy eyes, almost 2 meters tall. His beard, whiskers and moustache neatly trimmed, his silvery hair was more frequently left without a rimless cap or a turban normally worn by ulemas. He was mostly dressed
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