Albanian PM Edi Rama says he wants to establish a sovereign microstate for an Islamic Sufi order, the Shia Bektashi Muslims ...

Albanian PM Edi Rama on Sunday announced plans to establish a sovereign microstate for the Shia Sufi Bektashi Order in Tirana ...

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

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

Albania's bold project aims to create the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, a 10-hectare moderate Muslim microstate, ...

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

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule ...

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

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

Albania plans to create its own Vatican. This one, however, will be Muslim. The New York Times reported that Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama will announce plans for a sovereign microstate within its ...

The earthquake occurred off the coast of Torishima Island, which is uninhabited, at 8:14 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the ...