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

MARX: Edmond Brahimaj - known as Baba Mondi - heads the Bektashi ... than Albania's other religious groupings - Eastern Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics or Sunni Muslims.

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.

DISCRIMINATION against Muslims is rampant across the West, particularly in Europe. According to a report by the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 47 per cent of Muslims in ...

but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that has seen a seven-fold increase in the number of ...

Muslims use the phrase 'peace be upon him' after saying the Prophet's name as a sign of respect (abbreviated to pbuh). Resources: physical items relating to pet care, or use the gallery of images.

SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship docked Friday at the Albanian port of Shengjin with eight migrants who will be processed there after they were intercepted in international waters ...