#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Islam institutionnel, islam parallèle: de l'Empire ottoman à la Turquie contemporaine" by Faruk Bilici

[Istanbul: Éd. Isis, 2006]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/118210

#turkey #islam #religiouspolicy #bektashism #history

A very interesting case...

#Albania's (non-Muslim) prime minister plans to recognize #independence of "Sovereign State of the #Bektashi Order", liberal Muslim headquarters in Albanian capital, to be modeled after #VaticanCity. Unclear whether it could get recognition from other countries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/albania-tirana-muslim-state-bektashi.html

#geography #secession #micronations #microstates #geographyteacher #sovereignty #Europe #Balkans #Islam #Muslims #diplomacy #Bektashism @geography @geopolitics @religion