why was the ottoman empire called the sick man of europe? in the nine-teenth centry and also comments
127793
The Ottoman Empire in 1914 was commonly known as 'the sick man of Europe', a sign that the once-great power was crumbling.
121238
Having traveled in the region and studied history, I think Türkiye has come a long way in modernizing its society, economy, and relations with the West.  The one problem with the image of Turkey is the historical treatment of Armenians.  Please do tell us the Turkish side of the story.  \nMustafa Kemal Atatürk's accomplishments in creating the modern Turkish secular state are a shining example of what people could do in all the Muslim countries if they really tried.
516396
Why would the asker lie about his religion? I also noticed a few  people couldn't answer the question referring him to scholars and yet others were offended because he asked.On the day of judgement I suppose the scholars would answer for you.
35293
This is a might more serious than it looks.  \n\nDid you know that the last estimate of the death toll across Europe reached 1.3 millions souls tortured and roasted to death in the name of G-d.  Whole villages in places like Scotland were left womanless, children lost their mothers, parents their daughters.  Women and girls constituted 95% of the deaths. \n\nFor those who care to remember this is an emmotive issue.  The inquisition, sometimes known as the female holocaust, was a time when patriarchal church leaders quaked with terror at the sheer power of women, believing them to be instruments of the devil, a source of evil, bringers of impurity to men.    \n\nAs both a Jew and a woman I feel it equally important to remember them both. Lest we forget  xxxx\n\np.s.  no Im not black as well.
587641
Master of the world? What kind of racist ,unfounded statement is that? How does Israel even attempt to be master of the world? Sorry that every single neighboring country in the region attacked the Israelis and Israel won. If you call defending yourself from those you wish to destroy you master of the world, what do you call it when you attack someone who posed no threat to you. Perhaps Bush's bomb now, give reason later strategy is keeping wrld peace, while fighting back to multiple countries with a much larger fighting force than you is being master of the world.\n\nPerhaps Medo would like to answer why they think of the Jews as a virus. Ummmm, I'm not sure all you anti-semites realize this, but Hitler was lying, Germany's economic problems were caused by an over-harsh treaty of Versailles imposed on them by three non-jewish countries. Hitler wanted to blame someone who wasn't Aryan to make them seem like the master race. The Jews had nothing to do with the collapse of Germany, in fact, they had nothing to do with any problem. The Arab-Jew conflict in Palestine right now over the fact that the Arabs refuse to accept Israel as a nation, repeatedly attacking it. Wars don't help in peace talks usually. Anyone who hates Jews for the deaht of Jesus should realize that the church hand-picked the gospels it liked, the ones that declared Jesus a deity and the Jews his betrayer. They rejected all the other scrolls, sayin they were written too far after Jesus's death to be accurate. However, all the gospels, chosen and rejected, were written at about 300 AD.\n\nTherefore, you see that every single racist claim against the Jews is either a myth or a lie by a man who murdered millions. Anyone saying that the Jews are a virus obviously han't checked any facts and prefers to listen to the hate and lies spewing from one of the most evil men to ever live's mouth
396045
i think the cuts are still raw from the turkish invasion, back in the 70's the turks invaded cyprus and today there is still 1600 cypriots missing and unaccounted for, the cypriots have been banned from entering a region of their own land(famagusta) to even retrieve their relatives bodies, yes our troops are there but only to keep the peace. nothing has been done to help the greek cypriots with this situation. so i can understand the mans anger to a certain degree. i went to cyprus on holiday and saw this, it really is heartwrenching stuff, maybe he should have explained to you why he feels the way he does instead of just having a rant at you!
526096
I'm sure you can tell by the previous posts that he "hurt" more than he ever could have hoped to help. His goals were to purify the German people (so to speak) and bring them out of a sorry state post WW1. But, if you call that help, I suppose mass murder and conquest would be is the way to go. Perhaps you should ask the question in an other way, I"m sure you couldn't have truly meant 'help' through containment camps.
476955
The White Man's Burden is essentially the idea of earlier Europeans that the white man was necessary to the world's order because he educated and civilized the colonies and the world around him. It was especially used during the colonization of Africa. You see, the colonization of Africa was necessary to European growth and expansion. Europeans used the excuses of Social Darwinism and natural superiority as well. They were looking for excuses to colonize Africa, and I believe that there were only two nations that they never took over. I'm not positive, but I believe one of them was Liberia (the country that many later Americans wanted to return the slaves to).\n\n*I'm sorry, are there two parrots in the room or did the fourth answerer do that on purpose? I wrote this, and I don't know if the others know this, but there is such a thing as plagiraism.
120361
You gatta be kidding me; Israel had committed many massacres against the Palestinian people, France killed more then a million in Algeria, Britain killed so many people in India, Spain in the new world (Latin America now) America, in South east Asia, Japan, central America, Iraq, not to mention the slavery, and the native American mass homicides.. I can go for ever, that shows how much stupid you are, historical facts my a**
412971
Uh yeah they killed people by making them drink water/gas until they burst. They wouldn't let anyone throw the bodies away to emphasize how everyone should be afriad of them. Dogs became fat from eating the bodies. They impaled babies on bayonets. They has killing contests that were endlessly upped from 100-150 because they lost track of how many people they had killed. They set fire to people's pubic hair with gas to see who would run farthest/scream loudest. They didn't pay any reparations for what they did, in fact they received aid from the US. Also members of the imperial family were involved in the actual battles.
159400
The main reason is that they were marked as 'the ones who killed Christ'. So, in Western Europe, \n(1) they were restricted in the jobs they could take; they became the only financiers and moneylenders; so when a King wanted to get rid of all the debts, he just had to kick out the Jews. \n(2) Ideal scapegoats. Want to deflect the blame about a terrible drought? The Jews did it! They killed Christ! Punishment from God!
122193
Unfortunately EVERY country invaded and occupied by Europeans/Americans from the Middle Ages to TILL TODAY has been subjected to "Differential Treatment" of the natives and the Invaders/Occupiers.\n\nApartheid is a word coined typically by the treatment met out to Afrikaans in the hands of the British settlers.\n\nSo practically there is NO country without this ill-treatment as "White skin people" considered themselves as "Messiahs" to uplift the natives of their occupied lands and hence plundered and looted that country.\n\nIm attaching a list of Country (The Occupier) and their Colonies. You can read the history of each of that country and you will find my statement above fitting and true.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colonial_Territories_by_country\n\n.:Fishie:.
334102
My Serbian is good enough to understand this. Yes, it is very offensive and you are quiet right when said that it is a big shame for decent Serbs. He even used a name of God in this vulgar context to present himself as a Christian, but this ignorant is not only a disgrace for Serbia but for the whole Christian world. I am sorry that you had to read the letter of this idiot and I think the guy should read all our answers here to see how poor and pathetic he is.
55358
I like the first answer!\n\nHowever, I'll give in and give a bit more information.\n\nLook at Germany after WWI.  They were devastated, morally and economically.  They were supposed to pay gigantic reparations which realistically they could never pay.  Thus, they fell into a huge depression and were quite vulnerable to anyone who promised to "save" them.  A little wimpy untalented artist named hitler used incredible propaganda to bolster himself and his disgusting ideas.
586094
u my friend r quite mistaken. i am an orthodox  jew, im the first to admit it and very proud of it. what ur saying now is not only rediculous but insulting towards the christians and catholics alike. hitler, may his name be erased, was a psycopath. he was a monster who was out of mind and barely human. his beliefs and morals (or lack there of) had nothing to do with christianity. his focus was about killing the jew en route to creating the perfect nation. learn some history.
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"Why is Nazism so popular in slavic countries eg. Poland, Russia etc? \nI thought that Hitler considered Slavs to be scum of the earth\nand he wanted a war of annhiliation in Russia right?"\n\nWrong- Himmler considered Slavs "sub-human". The war in Russia was mostly political and economic, rather than "racial" (unless you were Semitic...)\n\nAnyway, why is Nazism so popular in Slavic countries? Because those countries got to suffer under Communism for decades! You also have to keep in mind that a lot of those countries were force-fed immigrants from non-European Third World countries. Now, those nations have to reap what the Bolsheviks sowed. Add to that a good dose of anti-Semitism, and Fascism/Nazism seems inevitable.
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This gentleman is all along writing these hateful so called questions. In the last two months he asked 45 questions and all is hateful remarks/query against a particular religion (Islam). Here are his hateful Questions’s headers:\n\nLast Question Asked by frances - 10 answers - Religion & Spirituality - 20 minutes ago - Open \n\n1. Is it true that mainstream Muslims (seriously religious) are criminals to most of the world?\n2. Is it true that mainstream Muslims (seriously religious) are criminals to most of the world?\n3. Are there any Muslims out there who are grieving the death of Zarqawi?\n4. Are there any Muslims out there who are grieving the death of Zarqawi?\n5. Did the lack of a "Renaissance" contribute to the malaise and backwardness of Muslims today?\n6. Islam -- religion of peace, love and tolerance for others?\n7. Islam -- religion of peace, love and tolerance for others?\n8. Do moderate Muslims simply ignore the directives to "fight the nonbelievers?"?\n9. Do moderate Muslims simply ignore the directives to "fight the nonbelievers?"?\n10. Can a Muslim ever endorse the concept of the separation of church and state?\n11. Can a Muslim ever endorse the concept of the separation of church and state?\n12. What are Muslims generally referring to when they speak of their "humiliation"?\n13. What are Muslims generally referring to when they speak of their "humiliation"?\n14. Can Muslims do ANYTHING in Paradise?\n15. Will my African Grey ever let me fully pet him.?\n16. Will my African Grey ever let me fully pet him.?\n17. What do Muslims mean when they speak of their "humiliation"?\n18. Is it true that the Muslim definition of "peace" is restricted to Muslims?\n19. Is it true that the Muslim definition of "peace" is restricted to Muslims?\n20 Are moderate Muslims ashamed of their extremist warriors, but simply afraid to speak up?\n21. Why are there no Muslim responses when asked why Muslims do not repudiate extremist groups?\n22. Where is the outrage from Muslims when violent criminals are perpetrating ghastly murders in the name Allah?\n23. Do Muslims allow for well-meaning good people from other religions to also go to heaven?\n24. Is Europe doomed to be taken over by unassimiliated Muslims?\n25. Is Europe doomed to be taken over by unassimiliated Muslims?\n26. How can it be that Islam means "peace" and yet the religion exhorts its followers to fight nonbelievers?\n27. Do Muslims Suffer From A Giant Inferiority Complex Because Of Their Poverty And Backwardness?\n28. Why do Hindu's seem to do well economically when they immigrate and Muslims fail economically and murder other\n29. Why do Hindu's seem to do well economically when they immigrate and Muslims fail economically and murder other\n30. Do Muslim men look down on western men who don't abuse their women?\n31. Do Muslim men look down on western men who don't abuse their women?\n32. Are Muslims so far behind the west because they did not experience the Renaissance?\n33. Is it true that among the Muslim immigrants in Europe, female genital mutilation is widely practiced?\n34. Is it true that among the Muslim immigrants in Europe, female genital mutilation is widely practiced?\n35. Does Sura (9) ? "the Verse of the Sword" abrogate tolerance toward non believers by Muslims?\n36. Is Darfur caused by Muslims attacking nonbelievers?\n37. Is it true that Muslims believe that Islam must someday rule the world?\n38. If a state of war is declared, can a sitting President stay in office beyond two terms until the end of war?\n39. Why don't "moderate" Muslims speak up against militant Muslims in no uncertain terms?\n40. Why did the pedophile Muhammed strike his favorite child bride Alisha in the chest? Gentle? Sure.?\n41. Has Haliburton made money on Iraq or not?\n42. Why are Muslims warlike? Was Mohammed warlike?\n43. Why did constantinople become