The Bektashi make up an estimated 10 percent of the country's Muslim population, according to Albania's 2023 census. The Bektashi Order in Tirana praised the decision.

A microstate inside Tirana, the capital of Albania, called the "Bektashi Order Sovereign State". Which some people are comparing to the Vatican City in Rome, Italy - calling it a 'Muslim Version ...

This is the principle that Albania stands for, this is what we want to act with, this is the source of our inspiration, to support the transformation of the Center of the Bektashi World Order ...

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. Last year, Albanian Prime ...

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 future state would be located on land where a Bektashi temple already stands in Tirana, and will occupy just 0.11 of a square kilometre - making it the smallest country on earth.

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.