Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi ...

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

His hoped-for Muslim state in Tirana, Albania’s capital, will be a Vatican-style sovereign enclave controlling territory about the size of five New York City blocks, and it will allow alcohol ...

In Albania's capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance. The practice is part of an ...

The global community may look to Albania’s Muslim Vatican as a test case for what modern faith can look like — rooted in tradition yet flexible enough to embrace change.

ALBAWABA - A Muslim Albanian religious leader made an unexpected suggestion yesterday igniting wide debate on social media, he said that he wanted to form a Vatican-like state for Muslims.

TIRANA - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly’s Summit of the Future an ambitious initiative to create a Bektashi sovereign state within ...