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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6110926" data-attributes="member: 24302">Even that depends on who is doing the conquering.&nbsp; In the Balkans the Ottomans forced people to bend the knee and pay tribute(the money kind).&nbsp; They were allowed to keep their religion, but there were crazy things done like building a church into the ground because a church couldn&#039;t outshine the local mosque.&nbsp; The second sons of Christian families were forced to convert and serve in the Ottoman Army.&nbsp; To get better treatment a lot of Christian locals converted and when the Ottoman Empire collapsed those populations were left to fend for themselves.&nbsp; That was the source of the animosity that turned brutal when Yugoslavia fell apart.&nbsp; Much of the same occurred earlier in southern Italy and Spain.&nbsp; I get the anger after 9/11.&nbsp; But raging towards people who were born into something and who have no desire to harm us, it&#039;s just the world they know, only fuels more anger and distrust.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6110926, member: 24302"] Even that depends on who is doing the conquering. In the Balkans the Ottomans forced people to bend the knee and pay tribute(the money kind). They were allowed to keep their religion, but there were crazy things done like building a church into the ground because a church couldn't outshine the local mosque. The second sons of Christian families were forced to convert and serve in the Ottoman Army. To get better treatment a lot of Christian locals converted and when the Ottoman Empire collapsed those populations were left to fend for themselves. That was the source of the animosity that turned brutal when Yugoslavia fell apart. Much of the same occurred earlier in southern Italy and Spain. I get the anger after 9/11. But raging towards people who were born into something and who have no desire to harm us, it's just the world they know, only fuels more anger and distrust. [/QUOTE]

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