First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America
Appearance
First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sufism |
Rite | Bektashi |
Year consecrated | May 15, 1954 |
Location | |
Location | Taylor, Michigan |
Geographic coordinates | 42°12′43″N 83°14′47″W / 42.21194°N 83.24639°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Islamic architecture |
Website | |
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The First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America (Albanian: Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike) is a Bektashi Sufi tekke located in Taylor, Michigan, United States.[1] It was founded by Baba Rexheb, a Bektashi community leader who had immigrated to the United States from Albania.[2] As the first Bektashi building founded in the United States, the tekke was consecrated on May 15, 1954.[3]
See also
- List of Bektashi tekkes and shrines
- World Headquarters of the Bektashi
- History of the Albanian Americans in Metro Detroit
- Islam in Metro Detroit
- List of mosques in the United States
- Islamic Center of America
References
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2019). The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78831-569-2. OCLC 1108619669.
- ^ Trix, Frances (2009). The Sufi journey of Baba Rexheb. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ISBN 978-1-934536-12-4.
- ^ "History of Teqe". Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike. May 7, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
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