- Title: Albanian Muslims attend mass prayer as Ramadan ends
- Date: 30th March 2025
- Summary: TIRANA, ALBANIA (MARCH 30, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING MASS PRAYER IN SKANDERBEG SQUARE FOR END OF RAMADAN VARIOUS OF MEN SITTING AND LOOKING ON MEN AND BOYS LOOKING ON / RELIGIOUS LEADERS LOOKING ON MEN CHANTING MEN STANDING DURING PRAYER MEN KNEELING DURING PRAYER MEN LOOKING ON RELIGIOUS LEADERS, INCLUDING HEAD OF BEKTASHI SECT, BABA EDMOND BRAHIM
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- Keywords: Albanian Muslims Eid al-Fitr Ramadan mass prayer religion
- Location: TIRANA, ALBANIA
- City: TIRANA, ALBANIA
- Country: Albania
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001280630032025RP1
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- Story Text: Thousands of people attended a mass prayer in the centre of Albania's capital Tirana on Sunday (March 30) for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Around 60% of Albania's population are Muslims. In January the government said it would 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.
Founded in the Ottoman Empire in the thirteenth century as an offshoot of Sufism, the Bektashi order has been headquartered in Albania since 1929. Around 10% of Albanians are adherents, according to the last sentence.
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