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First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America

First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America

Bektashi teqe in Taylor, Michigan

The Albania-American Bektashi Teqe in Michigan (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]

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  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Trix, Frances (2009). The Sufi journey of Baba Rexheb. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ISBN 978-1-934536-12-4.
  3. [3]
    "History of Teqe". Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike. May 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.


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