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Well, that is what happens when you have some members that are too emotional. I was respectful to them from the beginning but they don't really deserve it. And since they are more in quantity than I am it results in this. But whatever.
I respect your opinion I just don't believe that Russia is innocent in this stuff. And I don't trust pro-Russian media outlets. Same thing goes for i.e. CNN.
Well, the problem with such statements is that they are always prone to bias, hence I have no reason to dedicate more time to them than any other history book. Anyways, if someone is barbarian in their behavior I argue that it would be noticed, even to this day?
I don't agree since who were the people who ruled in the Bosnian Kingdom? I assume that those are the same as most of the people who nowadays originate from Bosnia and also call themselves Bosniak.
But they weren't seen as Turks though? They weren't same as same class as native Turks.Note that also the massive migration of Balkan Muslims (relative to the total population) after the collapse of Ottoman Empire (and persecutions afterwards) to Turkey, where they assimilated very well.
I say so because I have noticed a clear distinction between, if you take those two cases. Bosniensis even claimed he had Albanian roots, AFAIK. I have no roots Serb, Croat or Albanian roots whatsoever. If you ask "what if they just didn't mention it?" well, they do mention when someone is Serb, Croat or Albanian, so it doesn't make sense. You would also noticed it culturally too.
But this is probably rather an issue of what Bosniak means. I have mine and outsiders probably have other?
I disagree. I have lots of ancestors, who throughout time, declared their Bosniak ethnicity. None of them immigrated to Turkey. They didn't want to. Nobody was unsure of their ethnicity.
They didn't "become secularized" because of a weak identity but because they wanted religion not play that big of a role. Many of them thought it was backwards (no matter which religion) and thus the Yugoslavian era became a time to look beyond differences.
But these details are difficult to see when you don't come from those areas.
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