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

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 ...

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

Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave ...

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 ...

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

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama said the government is negotiating with members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi Islamic order ...

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

Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for promoting "religious ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announces plans to grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana, promoting tolerance and ...