First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America

Albania-American Bektashi Tekke
Albania-American Bektashi Tekke
Albanian: Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sufi
Rite	Bektashi
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Tekke
Leadership	Baba Eliton Pashaj
Year consecrated	1954
Status	Active
Location
Location	Taylor, Michigan
	Location in Michigan
Geographic coordinates	42°12′43″N 83°14′47″W / 42.21194°N 83.24639°W
Architecture
Type	Sufi Arts architecture
Founder	Baba Rexheb
Completed	1954
Website
	albteqeusa.org

The Albania-American Bektashi Tekke (Albanian: Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike) is a Bektashi Sufi tekke located in Taylor, Michigan, in the 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 teqe was consecrated on April 29 1954.^[3]

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. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.