"The whole world will be able to see the light of the Bektashis." The creation of a religious state in Albania would have been unimaginable during the four decade communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha ...

The Albanian religious leader said the goal of this state "will be the organisation and defence of the Bektashis around the world." He said the new state would be governed by the Sufi religious ...

Albania is set to establish a sovereign spiritual state in Tirana for the Bektashi Order, an Islamic Sufi sect, in a move aimed at promoting religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced ...

"The whole world will be able to see the light of the Bektashis." The creation of a religious state in Albania would have been unimaginable during the four-decade communist dictatorship of Enver ...

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 ...