Surprise in Albania at plans to create Bektashi state
Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama is considering granting sovereign state status to the world headquarters of Bektashism, a ...
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Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state
Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.
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Religious leader of Albania: 'I consider myself a brother of the people of Israel' - exclusive
The mini state, whose territory will consist of around 0.1 square kilometers, is planned to be the “Vatican” of the Shi’ite Bektashi Sufi order – Albania’s fourth largest religious ...
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Hopes for religious harmony come to life in the Muslim Vatican
The Bektashi World Centre ... When Turkey went secular in the 1920s, the Bektashis’ leaders moved to Albania. Through their love of the arts, the order’s dervishes have been credited with ...