How did Bosnia and Albania become Muslim countries?

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JimRSmith · Accepted Answer

The Ottoman Empire is the reason.

Under Ottoman rule, non-Muslims paid additional taxes, so there was a financial incentive to convert. This was most pronounced in the modern day territories of Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece.

Additionally, there was a lot of Turkish immigration into some of these places, particularly Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece. Bosnia and Albania's Muslim population came more as a result of conversion, though.

As the Ottoman Empire was driven back, the Muslims were progressively expelled. The Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey of 1923 is but the most well known example of this. For example, until the early twentieth century, the demographics of the island of Crete, closely resembled those of Cyprus, with a Muslim minority of about 20 - 25%. The island is now entirely Orthodox Christian and Greek speaking. Bulgaria didn't quite get around to this, because it incorporated the formerly Ottoman province of Eastern Roumelia quite late, hence the rather large Turkish minority that is still present there.

Bosnia and Albania avoided this for different reasons.

Bosnia was under Turkish rule until 1878, and following that time, it became a nominally Ottoman possession under Habsburg administration. The Habsburgs didn't drive out the Muslims.

Albania remained an Ottoman possession until 1912, and ceased to be such, largely because Greece had seized territory connecting it to the rest of Ottoman Europe. By then it was majority Muslim, so there was no prospect of expulsion, as was the case in most other countries.

There weren't a lot of Turkish settlers in Romania, although, even today, you will see mosques in Romanian coastal villages. But the Islamic influence was far, far less. People like Vlad the Impaler may have had something to do with that.

Daniel3035 · Accepted Answer

Because for whatever reason the people choose to and then it probably started becoming a part of education.
I see a lot of people say Ottoman Empire. The ottomans are turks and turks are not real muslims they are if anything the most atheist like muslim race so why would they promote islam? They didn’t ottomans cared about control not religion. Is see other morons talking about arabs who are again one of the least muslim like race alive I mean a majority of them drink alcohol tbh I take it back arabs are the most atheist like race 2nd to turkey. Arabs like their own religion make it up as they go along then call it Islam.
The simple answer is this when people need faith they turn to the religion they want or see that was Islam and then it became “main stream” in schools probably or parents maybe taught it and hence it became a now muslim country.

ChocoLada · Accepted Answer

Turks invaded Europe in the 14th century, and started conquering Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Bosnia.
They also attacked Montenegro, Croatia and Hungary, but they didn't manage to completely occupy them.
Albania is a secular country, there are lots of Atheists too, but most of the population are Muslims - about 58.79% (56.70% are Sunni Muslims and 2,09% are Bektashi Muslims).
Islam in Albania appeared in 15th century, it was imposed by the Turks (mostly by force).
Before that, most of the Albanians were Orthodox Christians.
There are still several Christian communities in Albania (both Orthodox and Catholic, and even a small minority of Protestants).

In Bosnia, before the Turks, most of the Bosnians were Bogomils by religion (Gnostic/Dualist Christians).
Bosnian Bogomil Church was under constant attacks of the Catholic church, as well as Serbian Orthodox church. Bogomils were presecuted as "heretics".
That's why most of the Bosnians after the Turkish conquest willingly accepted Islam, just to spite the Catholics and Orthodox Christians.

Besides Bosnia and Albania, there are also several Muslim comunities in Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montengro.
In these countries, lots of people accepted Islam because of the:
1. Lower taxes for the Muslims.
2. Muslims were free of "the right of the first night" (Turkish noblemen had a right to have sex with Christian women on their wedding night).
3. Muslims were not obligated to give "Devshirme" - Tribute in blood (Turkish military officers were taking Christian boys, ages 8 to 18, from their families, in order to be raised to serve the Ottoman empire as Janissaries).

Ordinarygurl_ · Accepted Answer

Arabs probably came over because they took over spain to for a while

InTimoreDei · Answer

Invasion. But SJWs don't want to admit that white majority countries were not the only ones invading.

BigRob420 · Answer

Every other religion fled to avoid persecution. Look at the boku Hiram in Africa, if you're not Muslim they burn the male children and sell the females at any school they come across.

Blake785 · Answer

The Ottoman Empire took over Albania and Bosnia back in the day.

Anonymous · Answer

They were once part of the Ottoman Empire who were Muslim Turks.

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

I don't believe Albania is a traditionally Muslim country.

dy8alexUk · Answer

A war where NATO intervened and I think it was orchestrated by Saudia Arabia

Historylover18 · Answer

Ottoman Empire. Albania and Bosnia has had Islam as part of its culture for a long time

Luke4991 · Answer

Bosnia was Ottoman Empire territory until middle of 19th century.

wankiam · Answer

are they solely muslim nations?

TripleAce · Answer

The same as the others. Brute force and violence

cadans · Answer

Ottoman Empire 💪

EDWINDUNDEE999 · Answer

lots of Europe was ruled by muslims

zagor · Answer

Otto know, man.

GreenGold1992 · Answer

Look it up

supersplif · Answer

islam rules

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