Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order

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the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order

  1. [from 2024] A proposed sovereign microstate and city state that would be enclaved entirely within Tirana, the capital city of Albania, at what is currently the World Headquarters of the Bektashi.
    • 2024 September 21, Andrew Higgins, “Albania Is Planning a New Muslim State Inside Its Capital”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 21 September 2024:
      The Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, says he will announce plans for the entity, to be called the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, in the near future.
    • 2024 September 21, “Albania announces plan to create a Bektashi-run Vatican City-like microstate”, in euronews‎[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2024:
      If all goes to plan, the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order will become the world's smallest state, just a quarter of the size of Vatican City. […] ¶ Dervish Baba Mondi, the current spiritual leader of the order, is set to be the leader of the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order.
    • 2024 September 24, Elona Elezi, “Albania to set up Sufi Muslim Bektashi microstate”, in Deutsche Welle‎[3], archived from the original on 24 September 2024:
      The Albanian government plans to turn 27 acres of land in eastern Tirana into a microstate called the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, which will have its own borders, passports and administration.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order.

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