On the show “Insida Albania”, journalist Alice Taylor visited the World Headquarters of the Bektashi Order in Tirana, where she conducted an exclusive interview with the leader of the Bektashi Order, ...

In this episode of General Knowledge I tell you about the newest country that will soon be created in Europe! A microstate inside Tirana, the capital of Albania, called the "Bektashi Order ...

If created, the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order would swipe the title from Vatican City as the world’s smallest country. It would be several times smaller than its Catholic peer.

The Bektashi Order’s name comes from Haji Bektash Veli, a 13th century Sufi mystic. The belief system evolved to become a tolerant, humanistic syncretic combination of Shia Islam, Christianity, and ...

Bektashi leader Baba Mondi speaks during an interview with AFP in Tirana, on February 18, 2025. — AFP pic Peace and love The Bektashi order was founded in the 13th century in the Ottoman Empire and is ...

The Bektashi order was founded in the 13th century in the Ottoman Empire and is regarded as a tolerant, mystic branch of Islam open to other religions and philosophies.

In Albania's capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance.

The Bektashi order was founded in the 13th century in the Ottoman Empire and is regarded as a tolerant, mystic branch of Islam open to other religions and philosophies.