The Bektashi Order would be able to govern religious and administrative issues on their own, without Albania's involvement.

The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced plans to transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims into a sovereign state ...

The Bektashi Order, making up about 10% of Albania's Muslims, reportedly will receive sovereignty similar to that of the ...

If all goes to plan, the so-called Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order will become the world's smallest state, just a ...

By bne IntelliNews Albania is planning to create a sovereign microstate for the Bektashi Order, a Sufi Muslim sect, within ...

Albania is closer to creating the world’s smallest state, the “Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order,” which will be a ...

The tiny Vatican-like enclave within Albania’s capital Tirana will serve as the political home for Bektashi Muslims – the ...

Albania is planning to create the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order," a Muslim microstate along the lines of the Vatican ...

Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama announced that a Muslim state modelled on the Vatican will be established in Tirana, the ...

Their crucial role in preserving the Albanian language and nation - Why they were massacred by the Ottomans - Their ...

We must take care of this treasure, which is religious tolerance and which we must never take for granted,' says prime ...