ALBAWABA - A Muslim Albanian religious leader made an unexpected suggestion yesterday igniting wide debate on social media, ...

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

This proposal deserves attention not only for its significance within Albania but also for its intriguing global implications amid a world fraught with rising religious and ideological tensions.

There have also been restrictions on freedom of assembly, religion and expression for ethnic Greeks. More serious, however, are the actions of the Albanian police and secret service in the south ...

During his forty-year reign, the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha banned religion, forbade travel and outlawed private property. Any resistance to his rule was met with severe retribution, including ...

Catholic and other religions. According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher. The tiny ...

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. Last year, Albanian Prime ...

"The whole world will be able to see the light of the Bektashis." The creation of a religious state in Albania would have been unimaginable during the four-decade communist dictatorship of Enver ...