First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America explained

Albanian-American Bektashi Monastery
Map Type:	USA
Location:	Taylor, Michigan
Coordinates:	42.2119°N -83.2464°W
Religious Affiliation:	Muslim
Tradition:	Sufism
Rite:	Bektashi
Consecration Year:	April 29, 1953
Leadership:	Baba Eliton Pashaj
Architecture Type:	Sufi Arts architecture

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 teqe was consecrated on April 29 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Elsie, Robert . Robert Elsie . The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans . I.B. Tauris . London . 2019 . 978-1-78831-569-2 . 1108619669.
2. Book: Trix, Frances . The Sufi journey of Baba Rexheb . University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Philadelphia . 2009 . 978-1-934536-12-4 .
3. Web site: History of Teqe. Teqeja e Pare Bektashiane ne Amerike. 2019-05-07. 2021-10-29. October 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029032838/https://www.teqeusa.org/history-of-teqe/. dead.