Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama is considering granting sovereign state status to the world headquarters of Bektashism, a ...

BABA MONDI, leader of the Bektashi sect of Albanian Muslims, could soon be the leader of the world’s newest mini state. (photo credit: Cnaan Lipshitz/Shutterstock) TIRANA – When Albanian Prime ...

Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.

Muslims currently make up about half of Albania's population, with Bektashis representing around 10% of that group, according to the 2023 census. The Bektashi population is the country's fourth ...

The Bektashi World Centre ... It is no Sistine Chapel, but it will do for now. There are even more Muslims than Catholics in the world, though only a fraction would recognise their faith in ...

Many Sunni Muslims in Albania view the plan as unnecessary, arguing that Albania’s tradition of religious tolerance already provides the Bektashi with enough freedom. Others worry that the creation of ...

Bektashi believers are all over the world ... The extremists and radicals are neither Muslims nor religious people. The ...

A portrait of a Bektashi Muslim matriarch and her hard-working family shows gender equality blooming where least expected - in a rural community of pious Muslims devoted to family and tradition in ...

The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the Vatican, occupying several hectares in the capital city of Tirana.

The existence of three or four (including Bektashi Muslims) religious groups prevented churches from playing the unifying role that they played in many other areas of Eastern Europe. Much more ...

The Karnataka Muslim Bandhavya Vedike on Tuesday said attempts are being made to divide Hindus and Muslims thereby disturbing peace and harmony in the State with regard to waqf properties.