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Part of the interview with Bektashi sufi dervish from Arabati Baba Teḱe in Tetovo, Macedonia. August 2012.

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Bektashi Shi´a sufi order has tekija/tekke (monastery) in Tetovo. The tekke was originally built in 1538 around the türbe of Sersem Ali Baba, an Ottoman dervish.

Thanks to Veki Vekov we have also translation of Dervis´s speech (with some accuracy specifications):
"There are many Sufi, but those who are truly worth are rare like diamonds. For the Bektashi, it is not important what is the number of the practitioners but rather to exist only one and shine like a diamond. Do you understand? Quality, not quantity - like China... There are many in Turkey, Bulgaria and in Budapest there is a Gulbaba shrine..."
Then he explains that the Rifa'i don't have anything in common with the Bektashi. "They pierce [their cheeks] without bleeding, [they fall] in trance, [the same] as taking drugs and flying into heaven [like they] don't feel anything. Bektashi don't practice that. They work throughout the day, in the evening and in the morning [they] pray and [after that they] work. Work, work, work, no whipping at all."
At the end, he says something about Husayn and the betrayal of Shias, by keeping [Him] only in their tongues, but not in their hearts."