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	Bektashi
		Bektashi is mainly present in Turkey, and also in Albania.
		Bektashi is in Turkey closely linked to Alevism where the two traditions today often are considered as one orientation.
		Bektashi legends teach that he was a man of unique, almost divine qualities.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/bektashi.htm (686 words)

	The Pluralism Project:
		Bektashi is one of the Sufi orders within Islam, stressing that the individual's personal relationship with God can be accomplished spiritually.
		As the empire began to decline, persecution of the Bektashi began.
		Albanian Bektashis in American, thus, were faced with a new reality and in time came to see the United States as their new homeland.
	www.pluralism.org /research/profiles/display.php?profile=71774 (491 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bektashi
		The Bektashi order was greatly influenced during its fomulative period by the Hurufi Ali al-'Ala in the 15th century and reorganized by Balim Sultan in the 16th century.
		Bektashis generally revere Sufi mystics outside of their own order, such as Al-Ghazali and Jelalludin Rumi who are close in spirit to them.
		The Bektashi order was widespread in the Ottoman Empire, their lodges being scattered throughout Anatolia as well as many parts of Balkans and the imperial city of Istanbul.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bektashi (1485 words)

	LINGUIST List 12.1315: Trix, Spiritual Discourse
		In the Bektashi world of discourse, in parables and narratives, poetry and nefes, the centrality of the relationship with the murshid is the norm.
		The importance to the Bektashis of the hierarchical divine triad is also reflected, among other instances in the Albanian-American tekke of Michigan, in its being evidently displayed on a banner in the large public meeting room of the tekke (Trix p.
		In Bektashi terms, inspiration in poetry came from the heart - which is the seat of higher faculties of perception - and it is brought to the heart by God, Cenabi Hakk, or one's murshid as intermediary (Trix p.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/12/12-1315.html (3407 words)

	Bektashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bektashi order was greatly influenced during its fomulative period by both the Hurufi Ali al-'Ala in the 15th century and the Qalandariyah.
		There are also important Bektashi communities among the Albanian communities of Macedonia and Kosovo, the most important being the Harabati Baba Tekke in the city of Tetovo, which was until recently under the guidance of Baba Tahir Emini (1941-2006).
		In Kosovo the relatively small Bektashi community has a tekke in the town of Ðakovica (Gjakovë) and is under the leadership of Baba Mumin Lama.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bektashi (1471 words)

	Bektashi Dervishes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Bektashi order thus became one of the most important institutions in the Ottoman empire, with spiritual centers in cities from Cairo to the Balkans and from Anatolia to Turkestan.
		By this time, the Bektashis had become a significant force among Albanians, who were and are liberal and pluralist in their understanding of Islam.
		The Bektashis are progressive in many respects: they support complete equality for women, popular education, the study of science, respect for other religions, and maximum civic involvement, with a strong commitment to democracy.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/rel-bakt.html (571 words)

	ACLIS - Albanian Canadian League Information Service - A logistic office of Albanian Canadian League -
		This tekke laid the foundations for the Bektashi movement in Albania itself and was of particular significance in the late nineteenth century.
		The Bektashi are not expected to fast during Ramadan, but they do fast or at least abstain from drinking during matem, the first ten days of the month of Muharrem during which the suffering and death of Imam Husein is commemorated.
		As to ethics, the Bektashi adhere to the Turkish formula ”eline, diline, beline sahip ol (Be master of your hands, your tongue and your loins)” used during initiation ceremonies.
	www.albca.com /aclis/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=995 (4292 words)

	Albania
		Bektashis are estimated to represent approximately one quarter of the country's Muslim population.
		The Sunni Muslim and Bektashi communities have also requested that the Government return a number of religious properties, including, in the case of the former, a large parcel of land located across from the Parliament building in the center of Tirana on which a mosque once stood.
		The Bektashi community is also seeking compensation from the Government for victims of religious prosecution during the Communist regime.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51536.htm (2695 words)

	The Bektashi Order of Sufi Dervishes
		One consequence of the intimate Bektashi association with the Janissaries and hence with Ottoman authority was that the Bektashis were rarely attacked on grounds of doctrine or innovations.
		The Bektashis are a syncretic and eclectic (some would say heretical and egregious) sect, with Christian and oriental elements, rather as the Sikhs combine elements of Hinduism with Islam.
		Since the whole thing was concocted between the party middle management and the Bektashi masters in Albania, those in the rank and file were entirely unaware that their photos taken at the ceremonies, rituals, marches and meals, were all evaluated by some dervishes in Albania as an extension of their Order.
	www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk /albanian4.htm (4641 words)

	Bektashi jokes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bektashi order is a Sufi religious order (Tarika) and folk figure, the butt of common jokes, anectodes, or stories in some Islamic societies, particularly in Turkey.
		The legacy of the Bektashi also serves as a means of opposing the pressures put on society by Orthodox Islam.
		In this regard, the Bektashi's reluctance against the traditional ways of practicing religion, which is commonly observed in these jokes, helped them challenge this situation sarcastically.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bektashi_jokes (534 words)

	Bektashi Dervishes
		Furthermore, the Bektashis became chaplains for the Ottoman Janissary corps (Yeniceri or "new men"), a military body mainly composed of young converts from Christianity to Islam.
		By this time, the Bektashis had become a significant force among Albanians, who were and are liberal and pluralist in their understanding of Islam.
		The Bektashis are progressive in many respects: they support complete equality for women, popular education, the study of science, respect for other religions, and maximum civic involvement, with a strong commitment to democracy.
	www.fotw.net /flags/rel-bakt.html (598 words)

	When Wahhabis Attack
		In fact one of these documents affirms that the compound is to be used as a Bektashi monastery ad infinitum and in the event that this ceases to be the case ownership of all of the properties of the tekke are to revert back to the family of the donor, Rexhep Pasha.
		In fact the Bektashi community has not been recognized by the government as a separate religious community vis-à-vis the Sunnis despite its regular appeals since 1993 to be so.
		The Bektashi also filed suit against the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM), armed members of which seized part of the complex in 2002; the ICM continued to occupy the mosque [it is not a mosque!!].
	www.islamicpluralism.org /news/2006n/whenwahhabisattack.htm (1194 words)

	Albania
		Bektashis are concentrated mainly in the central and southern regions and are estimated to represent approximately one quarter of the country's Muslim population.
		Since then, the four de facto recognized religions (Sunni Muslim, Bektashi, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox) have submitted their own separate draft agreements to be reviewed by the Council of Ministers, but no action has been taken by the end of the period covered by this report.
		Bektashi leaders believe that foreign religious influences that are counter to the country's efforts to maintain religious tolerance and freedom are at the root of these incidents.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24328.htm (2011 words)

	[ Religion and Tolerance ]
		The Bektashi order was founded in 1256 when Persian Hajji Bektash Wali organized the first Bektashi monastery, and went on to flourish at the height of the Ottoman Empire.
		Bektashis practice their own form of Islam that is closer to Shi'ite rather than Sunni beliefs, and permits the use of alcohol.
		The Bektashis played an important role in the Albanian national movement in the late 19th century and called upon the different religious communities to put their confessional differences aside in the interest of national unity.
	www.rferl.org /specials/religion/minorities/bektashi.asp (217 words)

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		The Babagan branch became predominant among the Bektashis and the tradition of the non-married dervishes spread to Albania and the Ottoman Empire.
		In exchange for this support, the Bektashis expected that the return of properties attached to the numerous tekke that were expropriated during the communist period (members of the PD in the government attended the conference).
		This situation does not satisfy the Bektashi community leaders The Bektashis are not denied most of the advantages enjoyed by the three main communities in the country (which have representatives at the state level): the Sunnis, the Catholics, and the Orthodox Christians.
	www.greekhelsinki.gr /pdf/cedime-se-albania-bektashis.doc (11533 words)

	The Bektashi Order of Dervishes
		On inquiry, it was discovered that they came from the Bektashis, and that in the present-day Bektashi Order the doctrines of Fazlullah, the founder of the Hurufi sect, were being perpetuated.
		In fact, the entire ritual of the Bektashi Order is guarded with such absolute secrecy and the beliefs are so obviously kept in concealment from the public understanding that there has long prevailed in Turkey a great curiosity as to the Bektashi Secret.
		It is this order with its mystery which has challenged the attention of students for centuries, with its intimate connection with Turkey’s military history, and her social and literary culture, an order of which descriptions have been written in high praise and in bitter condemnation, that we are in these pages to attempt to study.
	www.hermetics.org /bektashi.html (2887 words)

	Guide to Sufi Orders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Found primarily in Turkey and Eastern Europe, the Bektashis are renowned for their good humor and nonorthodox perspective.
		Bektashi leaders are called Baba (father in Turkish).
		The Chishtis are most prominent in India and Pakistan and are known for inclusive, universalist teachings as well as their musicians and religious songs (in notable contrast to some Muslims who narrowly say that music is incompatible with Islam.) Chishti representatives were the first to introduce Sufism to Europe and North America.
	www.naqshbandi.net /haqqani/sufi/sufi_orders.htm (934 words)

	beliefs-jokes1
		A certain Bektashi dervish was accustomed to attending a tavern owned by a Greek.
		A Bektashi dervish and hodja were on the road together.
		A few months later the baba took a boat to visit a Bektashi tekke which was on an island.
	www.bektashi.net /beliefs-jokes1.html (2721 words)

	Donmeh West - A Critical Re-Assessment of Sabbatai Zevi
		The Ottoman Empire was collapsing at the time of Sabbatai Zevi, and the Shi'i Bektashi Sufi took this opportunity to infiltrate and dominate its administrative infrastructure, thereby achieving a kind of bloodless, administrative coup.
		Being Shi'ite Muslims and Imamis, the Bektashis understood the Imam to be the "Gate of God" and dispenser of His Noor, or Divine Light.
		There is some evidence of collusion between the Sultan and Sabbatai (possibly arranged by Nathan) on the issue of the latter's presumably "forced" conversion to Islam -- at least in the sense that Sabbatai may have known it was for that reason he was being called to an audience with the Sultan.
	www.donmeh-west.com /re-evaluation.shtml (2350 words)

	The Remains of Islamic Budapest
		The city was a provincial capital and a garrison town with a skyline dominated by lofty minarets.
		The precise nature of these services is not clear but Gul Baba was a Bektashi dervish and preacher of extraordinary religious conviction and courage.
		One can assume that his supplications were especially weighty and that his sermons conveyed upon soldiers something of the spiritual gravity of the task at hand.
	www.islamfortoday.com /budapest.htm (1203 words)

	Tahtacilar
		While walking by a Bektashi's house one day during Ramazan, a man saw through the window the Bektashi enjoying a fine meal.
		But the Bektashi was very sorry to see the man pay for his crime, feeling he had a part in it.
		Due to the pressure of his friends, a Bektashi went with them to a mosque at Friday noon.
	www.musaeroglu.de /humor.html (721 words)

	Psychic Cultivation in Sufism
		Birge notes that Bektashi practice involves a composite, eclectic system of faith and practice with associations ranging from Primitive shamanism to neoplatonism.
		The Bektashi recognize “four gateways to knowledge.” The fourth and highest way of knowledge, which appears to incorporate elements of psi, is called hakikat and means “the immediate experience of the essence of reality.” The first, seriat, is Orthodox Sunni Moslem religious law.
		This is the starting point for Bektashi initiates and is generally regarded with an attitude Of witty criticism.
	jeff.zaadz.com /blog/2006/5/psychic_cultivation_in_sufism (1798 words)

	HACI BEKTAS VELI
		The connection between the janissaries and Haci Bektas Veli was symbolized by the headgear of the janissaries which was a sleeve-like hat of white felt (bork in Turkish) with a top part of angora wool folded towards the back (yatirtma).
		It appears that although in the short run the Bektashi order was successful in bringing a number of heterodox groups into the central Islamic path, in the long run the order, itself succumbed to heterodoxy.
		The janissarie's increasing insubordination and their involvement in political cabals at the time when a number of sultans were attempting to create a disciplined army on the Western model made them increasingly unpopular with Ottoman sultans and reforming statesmen.
	www.turkishnews.com /DiscoverTurkey/who/hbektas (1021 words)

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