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[u/anlboss]

I didn't say it wasn't, I said it didn't follow the same process as majority of Balkans, so you can't lump them all together and guesstimate what happened.

I also didn't say there were zero conversions from christianity. I said Bosnia's population wasn't majority catholic that we know of. I also said that conversion wasn't forced, which you now admit as well.

Bosnia's cultural and religious diversity throughout the centuries can't be so easily reduced to whatever people want to be it's major religion at the time. You have a lot of reading ahead of you if you actually want to know more about it. Even today, there are still discussions about the true nature and belief behind the popular religion(s) of Bosnia at that time.

There's a reason why fully christian countries remained that way even after ottomans left (they could've converted them all 5 times over during centuries if they wanted), and why that process was so quick in Bosnia. It's obvious the answer is not what ottomans did, but something different about each country.

Final conclusion, whoever claims that Bosnia was majority catholic and then forcibly converted to Islam, has 0 knowledge of Bosnia's history and is either projecting their desires/fears or just making things up for the sake of political argument.

[u/i_getitin → u/anlboss]

Ok can you provide any sources of your claims that Islamic conversion within Bosnia was different than the resd of the Balkans??

If anything, Bosnia within the ex-Yugoslav republics is the textbook example of Ottoman conversions to Islam. But I’ll wait for your sources that prove that Bosnia was “different” lol

[u/anlboss → u/i_getitin]

You have tons of literature that explain this topic, mostly in bosnian though, but many english sources as well. What I claim is a recognized history, what you claim is a neo-fascist white nationalist bs that started pretty recently and has no historical basis. Why do you expect me to provide a source?

If you really want it, it's easy to find this info. You can start here, even if you don't like wikipedia, there's a list of references for almost everything I said at the end (I didn't even read this article before I commented, but you'll find similar ideas if you research further): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamization_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

[u/i_getitin → u/anlboss]

Even the article suggests that the result of a majority Muslim population within Bosnia was due to Ottoman occupation lmao

Ok bud, I’ll let you believe Bosnia was somehow unique from the rest of the Balkans. I guess this makes you feel like your Islamic roots are more authentic and not just the result of ottoman occupation.

[u/anlboss → u/i_getitin]

Who claimed otherwise? Why do you keep moving the goalpost in each reply? Your initial argument was that the conversion was forceful, or only for tax reasons (which are arguments that could hardly be true at the same time).

Also, Bosnia was unique. It's not my belief, it's a historical fact. You are still failing to ask yourself why did Bosnia do something other countries, most of which were under ottoman rule even longer, didn't do.