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

Albania has hosted the group’s headquarters, the Bektashi World Center ... The extremists and radicals are neither Muslims nor religious people. The conflict between Palestinians and Israelis ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The article in "The Economist" explores the creation of a new Bektashi state in Albania, describing it as a "Muslim Vatican ... There are even more Muslims than Catholics in the world, although only a ...

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.

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 ...

In 2022, Paludan made his offensive remarks directed at Muslims, Arabs and Africans during protests that he led in the southern city of Malmo in 2022, the court said. He also burned a copy of the ...