Albania is set to establish a sovereign spiritual state in Tirana for the Bektashi Order, an Islamic Sufi sect, in a move aimed at promoting religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on January 25.

If created, the enclave for the Islamic Sufi order would be one of the world's smallest states. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Albania is planning to establish a sovereign state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, similar to the Vatican, to promote religious tolerance. The enclave would have its own administration but no taxation or police,

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Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday.