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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116904)	10/15/2003 8:15:41 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I'm sure the European powers were throwing their weight around as the Ottomans themselves had done for centuries. But I wonder if the European powers also wanted treaties insuring their nationals were governed by their own courts and laws because of a lack of justice in Ottoman law and courts. And in regard to the revolt of non-Muslim peoples ruled by the Ottomans, there's no reason that should be regarded as unjust. In regard to past injustices, would if be fruitful to relate the history of Ottoman slave-raiding in eastern Europe? Or the ethnic cleansing of Christians by Muslims. The whole of Anatolia had once been entirely Christian. Western Anatolia had been occupied by Greeks for thousands of years. What happened to this population? Would it be legitimate to cite the history of Muslim atrocities and oppression to justify modern Serbian massacres of Muslim Kosovars and Bosnians? Of course not. So why should long ago historical matters be raised to excuse modern Muslim attacks on us?