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To: farlander; Bokababe
BTW, you have heard of the dhimmi tax?

For centuries, the Bosnians were the bureaucrats who collected it for the Turks in that part of the Ottoman Empire. The Albanians were the enforcers.

Need a more western example? Think of the persecution of the Irish by the English, in particular the Anti-Catholic Statutes that prevented a Catholic from owning land, or a horse worth more than 5 pounds, forced to tithe to the Anglican Church of Ireland, unable to vote, or serve on a jury, ineligible for school, etc. etc. etc. etc. Add instant death and exile into slavery, and you have a picture of The South Slavs (and Greece) under the Ottoman Empire.

Not hard to explain why the Serbs bear little love for their Bosnian cousins, and even less for the Albanians. And remember, the Turks were not driven out of Europe until the Italo-Turkish War of 1911, followed by the Balkan War of 1913, with decisive victories going to the Serbs and Montenegrins.

15 posted on 01/10/2007 11:25:52 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Kenny Bunk

Oh yes, I'm very familiar with the histories of the area, and many aspects of the Ottoman and muslim cultures.

All I'm saying is recent events have changed the things for much worse, and, I don't believe Bosnian Muslims to have been a treat or had much connection with radical islam until the Yugoslav wars of the 90s.


17 posted on 01/10/2007 11:30:20 AM PST by farlander (Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
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