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Why did the Ottoman Caliphate fall 99 years ago? - with Dr Yakoob Ahmed

The Thinking Muslim

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The Meta Narrative of Islamic History

British Muslims tend to ask very similar questions about the Ottomans. Did you find a very similar series of questions from the US? I think what I've noticed is that it's not an issue of being British or American, but there is a particular meta narrative. And we by hook or by crook have been quite lazy in just embracing that narrative and then regurgitating some of the misgivings we have.

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