Albania, Bektashi Muslims
Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave ...
If all goes to plan, the so-called "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order" will become the world's smallest state, just a ...
One aspect of Albanian religious life is truly unique, the Bektashi Sufi order, which is part of the Islamic mystic tradition, and is considered blasphemous in many eastern Muslim countries.
The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 20. The Supreme Court of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic held a session on September 20 to ...
The Bektashi Order is a dervish sect that fuses elements of predominantly Shia and Sufi thought into a unique blend of Islamic belief and philosophy. Founded by Balim Sultan (1457-1517) and named in ...