These words, belonging to the 12th-century poet and Sufi Muslim mystic ... You don’t need to be a Muslim to understand what Rumi is saying.” The Mevlevi order in Konya has encouraged interest ...

Rumi, a Persian poet from the 13th century, put his devotion to God and love of friendship in numerous poems. Although Rumi’s poems were originally written in Farsi and are centuries old ...