The Ottoman's were predominantly Sunni Muslim, with various minority religions (such as Christianity) tolerated.
While Non-Muslims were permitted to worship, there were a number of regulations. Admittedly, life under the Ottomans was far superior to most contemporaneous Empires. Spain was by far a more religiously and culturally intolerant place during this period as were France and England.
Non-Muslims who lived in the Ottoman Empire were called Dhimmi, or second-class citizens. They lacked a number of fundamental rights such as freedom of movement, freedom of settlement, access to all occupations, and additional taxation because they were Non-Muslim. Each Dhimmi group, like the Armenians, Greeks, Jews, and so forth were organized into Millets which were community representative groups. Each Millet would report to a centralized Millet representative in Istanbul who would have direct dealing with the Imperial Palace. This would allow the Millets to air their grievances, but was more often used as a method to control the Millets and make them less resistive to Ottoman Occupation.
Muslims other than Sunni Muslims, like the Alevis, Alwaites*, Druze* and Twelver Shiites were not organized into the Millet system and the Ottomans refused to recognize these other religions as being valid. They were subject to intermittent persecution and acceptance depending on the mood of the sultan. The Twelver Shiites were also under great suspicion since the Ottomans considered Twelver Shiites to be a possible fifth column for their enemies to the east, Safavid Persia, which was a Twelver Shiite Theocracy.
Finally, the Ottomans' most egregious crime was the policy of devshirme, where Christian families in the Balkans region had to submit to Ottoman soldiers stealing their children to bring to them to Istanbul where they would have no contact with their parents for years and be trained to be the elite Janissary Core and be converted to Islam. No Muslim was even allowed to join the Janissaries, because the devshirme system was so effective in producing recruits loyal only to the Emperor because they feared him.
*Today, Alawites and Druze are generally considered to be Post-Islamic Religions, but they were not recognized as distinct religion during the Ottoman Period.
The Ottoman's were predominantly Sunni Muslim, with various minority religions (such as Christianity) tolerated.
They didn't. The Ottomans arrived in Anatolia and the Levant in the mid 1200s C.E. The Israelites had been replaced by the Judeans (as a political and religious grouping) by the mid 600s B.C.E. and the Judeans had been exiled from Judea by 70 C.E. The Ottomans had positive relations with the Jewish communities (especially relative to contemporaneous civilizations) but had no influence on the Israelites.
By ending his policy of religious toleration.
church of England was the religion
The Ottomans took Adrianople in 1365!
Greece
The Ottomans were led by the Sultan in political matter and the Caliph in religious matters.
Any policy held by a religious institution.
No ottomans did not use ottomans
The Ottomans were Sunni Muslims, the Safavids Shia Muslims. Ottoman Sultans saw it as part of their religious duty to wage war on what they saw as the heretical Shias and vice versa.
The Ottomans were Sunni Muslims, the Safavids Shia Muslims. Ottoman Sultans saw it as part of their religious duty to wage war on what they saw as the heretical Shias and vice versa.
By ending his policy of religious toleration.
Cuz it's his rules :d.
Cuz it's his rules :d.
Cuz it's his rules :d.
The Ottomans implemented a policy known as millet system, which allowed for religious autonomy and self-governance for non-Muslim communities like Christians and Jews. This policy helped maintain diversity and stability within the empire by granting certain rights and freedoms to these religious groups. However, while Christians and Jews were allowed to practice their faith and have their own legal systems, they were subject to some restrictions and extra taxes.
They didn't. The Ottomans arrived in Anatolia and the Levant in the mid 1200s C.E. The Israelites had been replaced by the Judeans (as a political and religious grouping) by the mid 600s B.C.E. and the Judeans had been exiled from Judea by 70 C.E. The Ottomans had positive relations with the Jewish communities (especially relative to contemporaneous civilizations) but had no influence on the Israelites.
By ending his policy of religious toleration.