Muslims currently make up about half of Albania's population, with Bektashis representing around 10% of that group, according to the 2023 census. The Bektashi population is the country's fourth ...

TIRANA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the ... About 10% of the country's population is Bektashi according to the last census. Sign up here.

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

TIRANA - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi ... About 10 per cent of the country's population is Bektashi according to the last census. REUTERS ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the Communist ...

Long overlooked by historians, the rescue of hundreds of Jews in the largely Muslim nation is connected to a local honor system. TIRANA, Albania (JTA) — Most anywhere else in Nazi-occupied ...

Half the population of tiny Western Balkan country identifies as Muslim with Orthodox and Catholic Christians making up much of the remainder the remainder. The Albanian Orthodox Church will elect ...

Albania to Create a Vatican-Style, Bektashi State in Tirana TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in ... About 10% of the country's population is Bektashi according ...