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Bektashi Order

Portrait of Baba Mondi
Baba Mondi (2011-present)

Quick Facts

Tradition
Islam · Shia
Current leader
Baba Mondi
Leader since
2011

Intro

The Bektashi Order, or Bektashism, is an Islamic Sufi order and tariqa associated with Haji Bektash Veli that developed in the Ottoman world and remains especially rooted in Albania.

Source(s)

Source: Image from Wikimedia Commons by Julian Nyča. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Source: Intro adapted from the Wikipedia article "Bektashism". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.