During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this ...

"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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...