As nations across Africa grapple with the devastating impacts of extremism and radicalism, a promising development in Albania ...
Islamic’ and ‘State’ — put together evoke alarm rather than optimism. However, the Albanian proposal gives more hope than ...
Albania is roughly 50% Muslim, but just 10% of that population are part of the Bektashi Order. Bektashi Muslims are the fourth largest religious community in Albania, after Sunni Muslims ...
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 ...
according to Albania's 2023 census. The Bektashi Order in Tirana praised the decision. "The sovereignty of the Bektashi Order is an important step in strengthening the values of inclusion ...
The Bektashi World Centre ... the Bektashis’ leaders moved to Albania. Through their love of the arts, the order’s dervishes have been credited with helping the country shake off the Ottoman ...
Albania is roughly 50% Muslim, but just 10% of that population are part of the Bektashi Order. Bektashi Muslims are the fourth largest religious community in Albania, after Sunni Muslims ...