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10 Ottoman Myths Debunked with Dr Yakoob Ahmed

The Thinking Muslim

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The Complexity of the Balkan Provinces

The assumption is that people were just all converted Islam in the very early periods. A lot of conversions have happened later on in Islamic history. In Anatolia, we had a similar dynamic, but not as complex. You see waves and waves of Turks and Kurds becoming Muslim. There's waves of Sunni Islam that's been coming throughout history. We don't force people to become Muslim. And different groups of people had a different disposition towards becoming Muslim.

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