First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America

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.

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