TIRANA, Albania — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, ...

From medieval Anatolia to modern Albania, the Bektashi path combines Islamic mysticism, devotion to Ali and a distinctive ...

Rather than creating a sovereign Vatican-style enclave, Albania should guarantee the Bektashi Order’s religious freedom and institutional autonomy through enforceable legal rights ...

TIRANA (Reuters) - 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 ...

When announcing his plan to create a sovereign state for the Shia Sufi Bektashi Order in the Albanian capital, Tirana, Prime Minister Edi Rama chose to paraphrase the late ethnic Albanian nun and ...

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule see a bid to distract attention from domestic scandals and win more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22 ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced plans to transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state. On Sunday, he spoke at the United Nations, ...