When announcing his plan to create a sovereign state for the Shia Sufi Bektashi Order in the Albanian capital, Tirana, Prime Minister Edi Rama chose to paraphrase the late ethnic Albanian nun and ...

The public prosecution has ordered the release of an Egyptian Sufi Sheikh on EGP50,000 bail pending an investigation into harassment accusations. The Sufi Sheikh, who proclaims himself as the ...

the Chistiyya Sufi order follows the ascetic, poet and philosopher Moinuddin Chishty, while the Qadriyya order is based on the writings and poetry of Abdul Qadir Gilani. It is not uncommon to see ...

Authorities on Sunday ordered the release of Sufi Sheikh Salah Eddin al-Tijani on bail of LE 50,000 ... The Sheikh was previously a follower of the Tijaniyya order, but he broke away from it in 2000 ...

Albania will transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation ...

Tirana (AFP) – Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim microstate within its borders run by a Sufi sect known for ... Christians and Catholics. The order was founded in the 13th century ...