Islam Quote by Charles River Editors

“This period also saw the Yeni Ceri (“New Soldiers” or Janissaries) win their war of influence against the Ottoman nobility. There was a natural…

— Charles River Editors

“Ayşe has always admired the Ottoman talent for euphemism. The Auspicious Event was the massacre and execution of ten thousand Janissaries. Bodies had been…

— Ian McDonald

“[...] the governor of the Hijaz sent an order to the district governor of Mecca prohibiting the trade in slaves. The district governor was…

— Bernard Lewis

“However, while Western principles were the major source of inspiration for Hatt- I Serif of Gulhane, the document itself made a notable effort to…

— Charles River Editors

“For the first time, the Ottoman Empire was forced to recognize the full independence of a nation, not because of a war with a…

— Charles River Editors

The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the…

— James Bryce

“It was a heartless age. In these years, Muslims justified cruelties to Christians, Christians justified cruelties to Muslims, and Christians and Muslims justified cruelties…

— Kirsten Downey

“In this sense, Islamism in Turkey was at least partly an unintended consequence of Kemalism. The latter’s zeal against Ottoman tradition impoverished Islamic thought,…

— Mustafa Akyol

In April, 1915, the Ottoman Government began to put into execution throughout Turkey a systematic and carefully-prepared plan to exterminate the Armenian race. In…

— Herbert Adams Gibbons

“In fact Sind’s governors had already had a foretaste of what lay ahead. Muhammad ibn Qasim may have pushed east towards Kanauj, Junaid certainly…

— John Keay

“One of the Young Ottomans’ most prominent figures, Namik Kemal (1840-1888), derived from early Islamic traditions and practices the idea of a representative assembly…

— Charles River Editors

Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453.

— Stephen Kinzer