"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 ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.

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 ...

"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 ...