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The Ottoman Empire was officially a SUNNI ISLAMIC STATE, and the place where the Caliph, the head of the Sunni Islamic World, resided. Shiite Islam suffered repression, sometimes quite severe, under Ottoman rule.

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the believe of Ottoman empire that they follow are the Sunni path...meaning they believe in God/Allah, the prophets, the life after death(heaven and hell), believes in books (like Quran)

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