Libya, Egypt, Malaysia and other Muslim countries have paid for hundreds of Albanians to study religion in their countries and return here to teach. Many of Albania’s top religious leaders come ...

TIRANA, Albania – The U.N. expert on religious freedom has praised Albania's interfaith tolerance, considering it to be an example for other countries. Ahmed Shaheed says that Albania is a model ...

Albania's experience is particularly remarkable given the brutal persecution people of all faiths endured under communism, when all religious practice was banned. The cottage-like church in Derven ...

The map locates the Albanian capital of Tirana ... even among some Christians, as Albania’s national religion.Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times A team of legal experts, including ...

The mini state, whose territory will consist of around 0.1 square kilometers, is planned to be the “Vatican” of the Shi’ite Bektashi Sufi order – Albania’s fourth largest religious ...

This is “a good sign,” he stated; “a good sign not only for Albania but for the whole world too!” Pope Francis is convinced religions are meant to be a force for peace but he is well aware ...

It’s an event that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago, when the holy site was home to military barracks and religion was outlawed by Albania’s communist dictatorship. Under Albanian ...