History

FAITH: Collapse of the Ottoman Empire—Reasons and Causes

Plot of the Sultan Hāmid-II with Jamāluddīn al-Afghānī in opposition to the pure Islamic call from an-Najd and al-Hijāz. Ottoman Sultanate which was famously...

Mystic Sufism in Ottoman Empire

by Niki Gamm Istanbul One only has to glance through the vast literary output of the Ottomans to understand just how great the Sufi influence...

HISTORY: The Ottoman’s dark and oppressive role in the Arab lands

by Khaled Hamoud Alshareef Ottoman conquerors pursued a harsh and brutal policy of forced expropriation of the peasants’ land. In the beginning of the 16th...

MYTH: Did British Imperialism defeat Ottomans to create Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

by Afreen Baig Now, to refute yet another imprecise impression that persists resolutely —"British imperialism defeated Ottoman empire to create Saudi Arabia"—erroneous assertion! Challenge is...

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