Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to establish a sovereign Muslim mini-state within his country based on the model of the Vatican. It would be created in Albania's capital Tirana and run by the Muslim Bektashi order.

Prime Minister Rama announced plans to establish a Muslim state modeled after the Vatican in the capital city of Tirana, reports the American daily "New York Times." This idea promotes religious tolerance,

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly's Summit of the Future an ambitious initiative to create a Bektashi sovereign state

Albania is planning to create the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order," a Muslim microstate along the lines of the Vatican City in Rome.

The tiny Vatican-like enclave within Albania’s capital Tirana will serve as the political home for Bektashi Muslims – the fourth largest religious community in Albania after Sunni Muslims, Orthodox Ch

If all goes to plan, the so-called Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order will become the world's smallest state, just a quarter of the size of Vatican City.

Albanian PM Edi Rama says he wants to establish a sovereign microstate for an Islamic Sufi order, the Shia Bektashi Muslims in Tirana. While welcomed by the order, the move has also been greeted with skepticism.

The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the Vatican, occupying several hectares in the capital city of Tirana.

The Bektashi Order, making up about 10% of Albania's Muslims, reportedly will receive sovereignty similar to that of the Vatican, governing religious and administrative issues independently of Albania