Islamic Foundations: The Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire had Turkey roots, resting on Islamic foundations, but it was the first time heterogeneous mixture of ethnic and religious creeds. Religion was determined solely by the nation. In general Muslims as one, regardless of language or ethnic background, and Turkey and Turkish speaking Sunni Muslim, it was the subject of the Sultan was one of many groups. Because of indivisibility of Islamic law and religious practice, it could be imagined that seriat can be applied to non-Muslims. Was recognized as millet (religious groups), Greeks, Armenians, including the Jews, to introduce non-Muslim groups and given a degree of autonomy in their joint work and school, their own from one based on the can and courts operate a religious facility