A rare copy of the Quran gifted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is being carefully preserved at the Preza Castle Mosque, a centuries-old place ...

Albania has a turbulent history ... it to flourish as a center of Orthodox Christian faith and art in the Islam-dominated empire, leading to a boom in church building. But beginning in the ...

In her opinion, this very project will totally eradicate the last formidable fortress of Islam, that is, "Personal Status Code". On her part, Nora Zakay, an Albanian young woman, adds, "Muslims ...

On September 21, 2014, in Albania, on his very first outing outside ... the most influential instititution of Sunni Islam, that will be remembered for years to come. In February 2019, during ...

A little-known Islamic sect is looking to establish its own state in Albania, equivalent to an Islamic ... humanistic syncretic combination of Shia Islam, Christianity, and pre-Anatolic religions.

However, Ramadan is also among the holiest events in Islam. Each year, Muslims in Albania make special arrangements regarding the event. They eagerly wait for the moon sighting to be aware of the ...

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. Sufi leader plans for Vatican-like ...

The current push against Islam began with a meeting in October 2023 in Decani, a bastion of nationalist sentiment near Kosovo’s border with Albania. The gathering, attended by nationalist ...

Albania’s move to establish a peaceful Islamic State dedicated ... If successful, it could inspire a more peaceful, pluralistic approach to religion, dispelling stereotypes of Islam as a monolithic ...

The project has even been described as "dangerous" by representatives of Sunni Islam, the majority religion in Albania. "We are the sole representative of the Islamic religion in Albania.

He founded a new mystical path of Islam. The first tekke, as we call the sacred building of our community, was built in 1281 as well. Today, we have many tekkes, not only in Albania but also in ...

Albania's prime minister has revealed plans ... An offshoot of the Sufi sect of Islam, the Bektashi Order was established in the 13th century, and combines "a loose interpretation of the Quran ...