Dear brothers, clerics, myhibans and benefactors of the Bektashi order, all over Albania!
Brothers and sisters!
I have joined these days of Ramadan fasting with all of you, enjoying the blessings of this blessed month, performing all spiritual and physical obligations, exiling resentment and ego, approaching in devotion as close as possible to our One Creator!
We have all been together in these days of pandemics, we have followed with pain every loss of human life (wherever it is), we have prayed and shown solidarity with the will to overcome this situation, making us triumph over this way. As you can all see, the well-calculated measures of the respective segments and mechanisms of the Albanian Government, making us slowly ease into our daily lives, to go safely to the days of universal freedom given to us by the Supreme God. However, any act of intolerance, or naive treatment, undoubtedly sets dangerous precedents for our lives. I underline this fact because I have hundreds of phone calls from many benefactors who want to go to tekkes, tombs, Bektashi shrines. Something like this was confirmed to me by my father Hekuran Nikollari, who on May 14 of each year, conveyed his wishes and blessings to the historic tekke of Alipostivan, in that tekke where 15 years ago were just ruins and has now been turned into a love garden of the wisdom of Haxhi Bektash Veliu.
But together with Father Hekuran, and everyone else, we continue to agree that the moment the risk of a pandemic is averted, we will be together only spiritually, not simply in respect of the laws of our state, but in defense of our lives and our families, in defense of this Albania, which is suffering from all kinds of other human epidemics.
Bektashis everywhere in the world, have known how to convey the most valuable features of the tariqah, being consistent with the governing moral principles and we are manifesting this spirit even today. I am sure that, with the hope of the Almighty God, when the tragedy with ‘Covid-19’ no longer poses a danger, we will be together again, in the courtyards and squares of the tekkes, joining in the beautiful and great hopes .
God bless you!
Amin!
Bektashi World Leader,
His Grace,
Haxhi Dede Edmond Brahimaj