From the IARF archive · 2012. Roles, plans and descriptions reflect the time of publication.
Council member & Chair of our Europe & Middle East region, Rev. Drs. Wytske Dijkstra, was invited to attend & address on behalf of IARF a symposium of the Bektashi Sufi Order in Tirana, Albania, in commemoration of their late leader Haji Reshat Bardhi Dedebaba (1935–2011).
The audience included the Prime Minister of Albania and other government ministers, civil servants, and representatives of religious denominations from several countries, also Babas and Dervishes of the Bektashi community.
Rev. Drs. Dijkstra spoke on the memory of Dede Reshad Bardi, religious freedom, human rights, and the guiding principles of IARF.
Photographs from the symposium (Flickr)
Download Wytske Dijkstra’s address (PDF)