WI: Serbians got islamic

Okay....as we all know, Albanians and "Bosniaks" became islamic during the Ottoman occupation of the balkans. But what if the Serbians (and maybe also the Romanians) got islamized by the Ottomans and the "Bosniaks" and Albanians stayed Catholic (and/or got their version(s) of protestantism)?

How possible/plausible is that scenario and what consequences would there be?


Would Albanians say "Remove kebab" then? ^^
 
The Albanians probably went more towards Islam because most of their nobility and the Church leaders fled to the Italian states and so it was a lot easier to subdue and convert the population. Still, a fair portion of the population is still Christian (it was roughly 1/5 before secularisation).

As for the Serbs - many of them did convert to Islam, and they either became Turks through adopting the language and culture, in which case they may have moved to Anatolia, or they merged in with the Bosniak or Pomak ethnicities.

The Romanian principalities were never fully subdued by the Ottomans and remained vassals. I can't see them being Islamised.
 
Dammit, the OP got to "remove kebab" before me! Might have "remove rakija" instead :p

I see it being pretty difficult to Islamify the Serbs, partially due to a high church density and strong national identity, even prior to the Ottoman conquest. The pre-Islamic "Bosniaks" were largely Bogomils anyway, a type of Catholic heresy. This weakened their ties to the rival Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Islam simply filled a vacuum. The Turks did very little to actively suppress Orthodox Christians for the sake of their faith. I would expect that to convert the Serbs, several concerted actions would need to be taken with the specific purpose of converting them. This would include:

-Destruction of Serbian churches.
-Institution of Muslim Sipahi lords in place of Serb chieftains.
-Construction of mosques/masjids.
-Harsher jizya taxes.
-More Janissary recruitment in Serbia.
-Crushing of Serb revolts.
-Denial of Austro-Hungarian material support for Serbian rebels (necessitates long-term occupation of Hungary).
 

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Okay....as we all know, Albanians and "Bosniaks" became islamic during the Ottoman occupation of the balkans. But what if the Serbians (and maybe also the Romanians) got islamized by the Ottomans and the "Bosniaks" and Albanians stayed Catholic (and/or got their version(s) of protestantism)?

How possible/plausible is that scenario and what consequences would there be?


Would Albanians say "Remove kebab" then? ^^

What was the reason for " "?
 
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