Which of these statements best describes how Suleiman the Magnificent treated non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire?

A. He encouraged the persecution and mass-killing of any non-Muslims.

B. He embraced other religions, converting to Christianity.

C. He allowed freedom of religious worship, living in their own communities.

D. He passed various laws which treated non-Muslims as criminals in the empire

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Jaylee Dalton

11 November, 17:34

Which of these statements best describes how Suleiman the Magnificent treated non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire?

A. He encouraged the persecution and mass-killing of any non-Muslims.

B. He embraced other religions, converting to Christianity.

C. He allowed freedom of religious worship, living in their own communities.

D. He passed various laws which treated non-Muslims as criminals in the empire

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Wilkinson · Answer 1

C. He allowed freedom of religious worship, living in their own communities.

Explanation:

Suleiman the Magnificent was parcticularly tolerant of other religions in the Ottoman Empire. He even had a wife who had been christian, and later converted to Islam.

He passed laws that protected the Jewish people who lived in the Empire, he also did the same for the rayas, a group of Christians who worked for the Turks, and who were subject to poor treatment.