Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Differences from Sunni Islam and Relations with Christians Bektashis have a strong Shia influence, particularly through their ...