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Albania Proposes Creating a Microstate Smaller Than Vatican City For the Islamic Bektashi Order
Because just a few weeks ago the prime minister of Albania announced he was introducing legislation to create a brand new ...
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Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state
Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.
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Religious leader of Albania: 'I consider myself a brother of the people of Israel'
TIRANA – When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly in September, he used the opportunity to announce his government’s intention to create ...
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Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state
MARX: Edmond Brahimaj - known as Baba Mondi - heads the Bektashi order, an Islamic religious movement that exists in Albania and several other countries. It preaches moderation and self-control ...
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Hopes for religious harmony come to life in the Muslim Vatican
The Bektashi World Centre ... the Bektashis’ leaders moved to Albania. Through their love of the arts, the order’s dervishes have been credited with helping the country shake off the Ottoman ...
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What Is the Bektashi ‘Islamic Micronation’ That Albania Intends to Create On Its Soil?
In a move that has garnered both intrigue and controversy, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has unveiled an unprecedented plan to create the world’s smallest sovereign state for the Bektashi order, a ...
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The creation of the Bektashi state in Albania, "The Economist": Religious harmony in the Muslim Vatican
Once the religious faith of the Ottoman military elite, the Bektashi order accepted teachings from many directions, until it was banned there in the 19th century. When Turkey embraced the secular ...