Unfortunately many Muslims these days lack a balanced view of the Ottoman Empire. The ‘Uthmānī Khilāfah did a lot of good for the Muslimīn in their early to middle history. They resisted the Mongols, reunited a large part of the Ummah, and waged Jihād to spread the Dīn of Islām.
Despite them restoring a strong and prosperous Ummah however, their deviance in ‘Aqīdah which existed from the start began to catch up to them and they soon started adopting clear Shirkī beliefs and practices, and fought the people of Tawhīd.
This led to further deviance in…
This led to further deviance in…
the state, which soon adopted the Tanthimāt reforms that introduced secular man-made laws imported from Europe to the empire to replace the Sharī’ah.
Secularisation of the empire however, was briefly stopped by Sultān ‘Abdil-Hamīd II رحمه الله who tried to restore Islām,
Secularisation of the empire however, was briefly stopped by Sultān ‘Abdil-Hamīd II رحمه الله who tried to restore Islām,
but had little power to do so and was later overthrown by a secular nationalist movement called the Young Turks, who restricted the power of the Khilāfah to a merely ceremonial role while they turned the empire into a secular state.
The ultimate result of this was the…
The ultimate result of this was the…
dismantling of the Khilāfah altogether by a member of the Young Turks, Mustafa Kemal AtaKāfir and the creation of the modern secular Republic of Turkey.
In conclusion, the legacy of the Ottoman Empire was mixed and it’s important to not go into extremes in judging them.
In conclusion, the legacy of the Ottoman Empire was mixed and it’s important to not go into extremes in judging them.
It’s a delusion to portray them as almost infallible heroes as Turkish TV shows try to do, but it’s also a great error to believe a 600 year old empire were all Murtaddīn and did nothing good for the Ummah.
And Allāh knows best.
And Allāh knows best.
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