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religion - Why were Albanians the only nation in the Balkans who . . . 12 Albanians are not the only nation in the Balkans to accept Islam All societies had groups accepting Islam The difference of the Albanians is that they are the only nation in the Balkans, who managed to have a national identity above religion Which means that the term Albanian covers all Albanians of Muslim, Orthodox or Catholic faiths
religion - What happened to those ethnic Greeks who converted to Islam . . . 6 Although many of the Muslims in Greece were deported to Turkey, some ended up in other places In Crete, most of the Muslims were Greeks who had converted There was a massacre by Greek nationalists at the end of the 19th century and many fled to other parts of what was still the Ottoman empire
Religious sectarianism as the primary cause of the Bosnian War Bosnian Muslims originated from the Slavic population of the region intermixed with some other ethnic groups that arrived in Bosnia during the Ottoman occupation (Turks, Albanians, Arabs, people from Caucasus etc)
europe - Why were Muslims in Western Thrace and Christians in . . . The exceptions were Christians living in Constantinople (Istanbul), Muslims living in Western Thrace, and as Muslims who were part of the ethnic Albanian community I am searching for the reason these specific groups were exempted
Why was the Ottoman empire not seen as an Arabic empire? Also worth noting, which might perhaps be confusing to some, is that Arabic was the official language of the empire because it was incidental to their being Muslims That of course doesn't mean they were an empire run by Arabic peoples; which itself doesn't automatically equate to them speaking Arabic
Why did the island of Bali remain Hindu when most of the rest of . . . And even more importantly, nations that wanted autonomy from the Mahajapit empire looked to Indo-Muslim powers or China, where the Mongols allowed Muslims to live Later on, Zheng He was one of the main Chinese explorers who went on diplomatic missions into Southeast Asia He was Muslim as well
middle east - Which Muslim factions during the Crusade used the . . . 11 According to NSNoob comments on Did Hungarian Army ever use Crescent banners? Crescent was used by Muslims since the Crusades Wikipedia seems to agree For example: the article on Star and crescent says The use of the crescent symbol (without the star) on Muslim flags is first seen by Europe during the Crusades