Bektášíjský řád a jeho tekke v albánských městech
The Bektasian Order and its order in Albanian cities

Author(s): Milan Strmiska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Recent History (1900 till today), Islam studies, History of Religion
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Bektashi order; Modern Albania; Macedonia; Kosovo;
Summary/Abstract: In the next chapter, Milan Strmiska discusses the presence of the Bektashi order in the Albanian-inhabited portions of modern Albania, Macedonia, and Kosovo, and the role of the order and its religious centers in cities. The introduction briefly presents the order’s beliefs and traditions, its history, the transfer of its global headquarters to Tirana, Albania, its survival through the Communistera, and its revival and expansion in the last twenty years. In the next section, the author focuses on the form of the traditional Bektashi tekke (monastery), whichhe illustrates using the example of one of the oldest and largest Sufi tekkes in the Balkans, the Arabati Baba tekke in Tetovo, Macedonia. He also focuses on traditional religious life in the tekke and its social importance for the city in which it is located, and discusses the new importance of Bektashi tekkes as places of architectural and cultural heritage that have become tourist attractions in recent decades.

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