Happy Sultan Novruz to all our Bektashi friends! May this King of Days bring peace, prosperity & the light of Imam Ali to every heart. Sultan Novruz mbarë! #SultanNovruz #Bektashi #IARF

📷 Portraits from the Ottoman Empire, 1870s

1- #Greek Priest in Izmir
2- #Jewish Woman in Izmir
3- #Bektashi Dervish in Izmir
4- #Montenegrin Man in Istanbul

'Is #Albania about to create #Europe's newest country?' asks James Ker-Lindsay about plans to grant sovereignty to the #Bektashi Order, a Sufi Islamic group with a unique spiritual and cultural role in the country. Check out his latest video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijuC...

🇦🇱 Un Vatican pour les soufis ? www.election-politique.com/index.php?di...
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A New Country in Europe? The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order Discover how Albania plans to create the world’s smallest sovereign state—the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order. Learn about the Bektashi Order’s history, why Albania supports the movement, and what this new microstate means for Europe and Islam.

A new Muslim microstate, smaller than the Vatican, could be established in Albania. What is the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order? #Bektashi #NewCountry #Vatican www.ryanjhite.com/2024/09/26/a...

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#Albania announces plan to create a Muslim version of the Vatican City

www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/21/alb...

Specifically, this would be a microstate for the HQ of the #Bektashi movement of #Sufi #Islam, which might […]

Albania Is Planning a New Muslim State Inside Its Capital Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave as a way of promoting religious tolerance.

(Non-Muslim) leader of #Albania backing #independence for "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim HQ in Albanian capital, to be modeled on #VaticanCity. Other countries' reactions TBD.

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