Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for promoting "religious ...

Albania has announced plans to establish the 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', which would become the world’s smallest ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly's Summit of the ...

Albanian PM Edi Rama says he wants to establish a sovereign microstate for an Islamic Sufi order, the Shia Bektashi Muslims ...

The Bektashi Order would be able to govern religious and administrative issues on their own, without Albania's involvement.

The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the country. Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that Albania would transform the ...

Albania is closer to creating the world’s smallest state, the “Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order,” which will be a ...

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to establish a sovereign Muslim mini-state within his country based on the model of ...

PLANS to establish a tiny country – the size of just 14 football pitches – aims to promote a version of Islam that is ...

The tiny Vatican-like enclave within Albania’s capital Tirana will serve as the political home for Bektashi Muslims – the ...