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

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

TIRANA – When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly in September, he used the opportunity to announce his government’s intention to create ...

Because just a few weeks ago the prime minister of Albania announced he was introducing legislation to create a brand new ...

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 ...

The Bektashi headquarters in Albania that the country intends to declare as an autonomous state like the Vatican. In a move that has garnered both intrigue and controversy, Albania’s Prime Minister ...

The article in "The Economist" explores the creation of a new Bektashi state in Albania, describing it as a "Muslim Vatican" and linking it to aspirations for religious harmony. The article presents a ...

Albania was the last of the Balkan nations to achieve independence ... The existence of three or four (including Bektashi Muslims) religious groups prevented churches from playing the unifying role ...

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 Krujë Castle is a castle in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Inside the castle is the Teqe of Dollme of the Bektashi, the National ...