Were the Ottomans Shiite?
The Ottoman Empire Was a Sunni State, with Which Its Shiite Subjects Could Not Be Trusted to Identify. Did the Ottomans Persecute Shias? Persecution in the...
The Ottoman Empire was a Sunni state, with which its Shiite subjects could not be trusted to identify.
Did the Ottomans persecute Shias?
Persecution in the Seljuk/Ottoman Empire
In response to the growth of Shiism, the Ottoman Empire killed Shias in Anatolia. Hundreds of thousands of Shias were killed in the Ottoman Empire, including the Alevis in Turkey, the Alawis in Syria and the Shi'a of Lebanon.
What religion was the Ottoman Empire Sunni or Shia?
The Turkish-speaking Ottoman royal family, the administration it created, and the educational and cultural institutions it eventually favored were all Sunni Muslim. However, subordinate Christian and Jewish sects also coexisted with Islam, which enjoyed the support and favor of the state.
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