First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America
Albanian-American Bektashi Monastery | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Muslim |
Rite | Bektashi |
Leadership | Baba Eliton Pashaj |
Year consecrated | April 29, 1953 |
Location | |
Location | Taylor, Michigan |
Location in the United States | |
Geographic coordinates | 42°12′43″N 83°14′47″W |
Architecture | |
Type | Sufi Arts architecture |
Website | |
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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. It was founded by Baba Rexheb, a Bektashi community leader who had immigrated to the United States from Albania. As the first Bektashi building founded in the United States, the tekke was consecrated on May 15, 1954.