HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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were allowed to practice their religion
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formed their own communities and paid a religous tax
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A and B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In their dhimmi ("protected") status, Christians in the Ottoman Empire generally enjoyed security and peace, at least until the 19th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the Ottoman Empire grew, new people, particularly non-Muslims, became part of the empire. The Ottoman Empire was diverse (different) and composed of three major religious and ethnic groups; Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Religious association typically determined status in the predominantly Muslim Ottoman Empire. According to Moshe Ma’oz, Christians and Jews were seen as “inferior subjects or as illegitimate denominations.”1 As a result, they were often discriminated against by the state entity.
Detailed explanation-4: -Recruitment in the Ottoman imperial army was achieved by the forced enlistment of Christian children every five years. The devşirme came up out of the kul system of slavery that developed in the early centuries of the Ottoman Empire, and which reached this final development during the reign of Bayezid I.