r/exmuslim 14h ago

(Question/Discussion) Im a ex Christian, looking for counter apologetics towards islam that is not Christian slop, or islamaphobia

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Seriously Everytime i look for ex Muslims, or critics of the religion they are always shitty right wing Christians


r/exmuslim 7h ago

(Question/Discussion) Some questions i have

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Hii I'm just curious about the answers for these questions

The Gaza(Palestime) vs Israel war

Soo islam said that gaza will one day be free and then that's when the day of judgement sequence will start to unravel.. what do you guys have to say?

And i heard people say that islam actually protects women and it's not a misogynistic religion, but culture made it seem like it..

Anddd i want to hear some stories that made you sure islam is a scam.. bcs idk i still have some problems trying to accept that I've been indoctrinated


r/exmuslim 8h ago

(Question/Discussion) Would you regret assuming at the end, Muhamad is correct?

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yes


r/exmuslim 6h ago

(Advice/Help) Marriage - any experiences?

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Is anyone here married to a muslim guy or girl. What are your experiences? How religious is you spouse?

Struggling to imagine my future and plan my life, will eventually have to give in to the pressures...I'm lucky in that I wont be forced to do so however, I cant keep stalling this forever. Muslims are obsessed with marriage, desi muslims twice as much. Anyone been in a similar situation?

I am past the avg age and i know it deeply pains my parents that I am not married or trying to get married. I live a pretty simple clean life and think I can make it work with a cultural muslim guy but idk if that will be enough or still eat at me

pls no advice like cut off parents etc


r/exmuslim 9h ago

(Question/Discussion) What do you guys think about Maaz from The Amaazing?

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He's an animator and doesn't talk about Islam much in his videos. He's also a doctor so I wouldn't be surprised if he's a lot more progressive or secular.

Youtube.com/@TheAmaazing


r/exmuslim 4h ago

(Quran / Hadith) Dismantling bs ""scientific"" ""miracles"" of islam : Comsic edition

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  1. Big bang

Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were ˹once˺ one mass then We split them apart? And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? 21:30

Okay 2 things

a) no scientist would ever describe the big bang like this, what does "split apart" mean? Earth is still in space isn't it? Earth wasn't even around then, it formed billions of years after the big bang, does that mean you and I were also split from the heavens?

b) this is a very common myth around the ancient near east which happens to be in proximity to momo, here's a whole Wikipedia page about it

Allah just so happens to only be able to describe the big bang in language used by myths in places near momo... Hmmmm

  1. Expansion of the universe

We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺. 51:47

Uh oh, what now?? It seems the quran correctly predicted the expansion of the universe? Well this is actually really manipulative, see according to many tafseers it doesn't say that, they're very split on it and no one outright says "space is currently being expanded" as far as I see, I think it's safe to say this narrative arose AFTER the expansion was discovered and muslims quickly snuck it in while the ones pushing this "miracle" just happen to ignore the other interpretations, heck even quran.com is split on this if you turn on many translations I will expand on this critique later

  1. Universe being "smoke"

Then He turned towards the heaven when it was ˹still like˺ smoke, saying to it and to the earth, ‘Submit, willingly or unwillingly.’ They both responded, ‘We submit willingly.’ 41:11

Okay so I've seen two scientific claims about this so I'll go through them both

a) this is describing the universe's early phase of being plasma at the very beginning, or the smoke phase around 300,000 years in, either way earth was formed billions of years after this time because the smoke phase ended a billion years in so it doesn't make sense for earth to be described as forming or existing during this time

b) it is describing the solar nebula from which earth was formed, well in this case it again doesn't match up, because at this time, the universe wasn't ""smoke" the ""smoke"" (which the apologists say means the solar nebula) was just contained within the universe, it's not fair to say the ENTIRE universe was smoke here, that's like describing the earth as smoke because there's a wildfire somewhere

Also side tangent, allah doesn't get what willingly means, If you're going to force submission either way, earth Saying "I submit" is not "willing" it's under coercion and threats, well I guess the god who allows his angels to curse women practicing consent wouldn't get it

Anyways I said before I would expand on a point about only favoring interpretations that make islam look good, here's a whole post I did about that


r/exmuslim 11h ago

(Advice/Help) I'm so scared I don't know if god is real or not

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i've been atheist since August 2024. but sometimes I just think.. people bring up historical evidence that muhammed existed. and I think maybe he may've been a prophet. some bring up evidence that existed. I try to think they just wrote down whatever was considered unreal back then. I can't. I don't know which religion I should believe in. I don't know if god is real or not.


r/exmuslim 5h ago

Story The true face of the Islamic republic of iran

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This evil regime took the lives of more than 40,000 innocent people in just two days


r/exmuslim 6h ago

LGBTQ+ Jannah and LGBTQ

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If Jannah has no haram or halal like we are even allowed to drink alcohol, will same-sex marriage be halal in Jannah?


r/exmuslim 23h ago

(Advice/Help) went on my first date ever

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so i just went on my first ever date with someone i really love and we held hands and all that but i just remembered i live in a STUPID islamic country where culture is based off of the religion and everyone believes in honor and reputation how the hell can i be safe from “ruining my reputation”
im so scared and i feel so stupid and istg if anything happens i can’t help it i might hurt myself
edit: ik they’re not gonna do anything to my bf but istg my dad will hurt me real bad if this is as serious as i think it is


r/exmuslim 3h ago

(Question/Discussion) I think that the improvement of AI videos will be very bad for Islam

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I don't like AI but I think it will at least have this effect: AI videos are still expensive but in the next years, being an influencer without showing your actual face will be very common since AI can keep what matters: Facial expressions.

Not only this will allow any exmuslim or islam critique to make videos about it without risking their life, it will also allows mainstream influencers to criticize Islam whenever they want if one feel like. Digital humorists to make fun of it, etc ..

The critique of Islam won't be anymore exclusively for people ready to risk their safety.

It it's not AI it could be also by the evolution of VTubing or simply the evolution of face filters. Basically anything that hide the identity of the influencer while keeping a communicative visual


r/exmuslim 22h ago

(Question/Discussion) Does anybody else not find kabba weird

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It’s so weird watching Muslims hating on idols and Hindus and other religions when they walk around kabba 7 times while chanting the same thing for hours and hours. My grandpa is currently living his last days out watching people walking around the kabba chanting about Allah.. context he was an abusive man and because of that he gave trauma to his sons and got divorced from my grandma a few years back and has noone to take care of him cuz my auntie passed a year back.. idk if he’s doing this to try and feel less guilt or repentance but it’s weird asf does anyone else’s relatives do this??


r/exmuslim 22h ago

(Rant) 🤬 Five fucking times a day

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We all know what I'm talking about. The five prayers we all have to do. Which bastard like omg genuinely WHICH ASSHOLE DECIDED TO TORTURE US ALL. FIVE TIMES??? HOW ABOUT I JUST WONT GET UP AT ALL AND STAY PRAYING.

My parents CONSTANTLY ask me "have you prayed?, have you prayed?, HAVE YOU PRAYED?". I ENVY everybody that doesnt have to go through the endless questioning. I hate hearing them ask "is it praying time?". My little cousin who is autistic keeps on saying for like 5 mins "is it praying time? Let's pray now" and starts LOUDLY praying. GOD SHUT UP.

I hate it. Its torture. No father I haven't prayed hell I never have. You wanna know how I felt the first fucking time praying? I felt like I was praying to nothing. Like I was saying shit that I first of all didnt understand and second of all didnt make any sense to me anyways.

5 fucking prayers. I think they are also different from each other but god I dont know I've never prayed seriously before.

Its so pathetic and sad. Its embarrassing and I'm just glad I get to leave all of this behind. I haze seeing that stupid praying rug. I hate wearing this stupid shit when praying. Only good thing is that women are meant to pray at home while the men go and pray in a mosque (lowkey misogynistic because they get this pretty place while we get a dirty ass room other there but hey atleast I dont have to go there).


r/exmuslim 6h ago

(Question/Discussion) Is there a difference in fear of nushuz and actual nushuz

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I heard that the sequence in Quran 4:34 only applies if you think nushuz is going to happen, but if it has already happened, you can skip to the second step. Is this a minority or majority view?

Do you have any sources for this?

people in r/Islam said that it's a minority view.

Before it got deleted.

Also, does refusing sex count as nushuz? And if it does, are the sequential steps in 4:34 still required to be followed?


r/exmuslim 6h ago

(Rant) 🤬 A trip changed my perspective in religion

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I am a (21 f) living with a very religious family that has roots in Yemen (if you don’t know their are very much extremist their), and obv with that kind of family they will bring back some way in thinking from Yemen, for example many of the older women wear niqab and when a women decides to take the niqab everyone talked about her as if she has committed a treason, anyways I am at lest appreciated that it wasn’t forced on us but some families are different because the men or father forces. It’s fucking frustrating because it’s not the culture reason anymore but the fathers and men enforce this. Anyways, I live in at lest a gulf country that is ‘more open’, whatever that means, and as I mentioned I went to a trip to bosnia herzegovina and it was my third time, the first time I enjoyed it but the second time I kept on getting thoughts of running away (that’s before being ex Muslim), I thought that was due to a hormonal medication I was taking and I really thought I was crazy, but the third time I felt it again. Why did I want to run, and I realised it was the peace I felt, the nature (if you live in a a area that has a lot of trees naturally, you are soo lucky because living in extreme heat and a biome of a dessert isn’t for the weak) and also the felling of being controlled by a man. My own father doesn’t treat me like an adult, I felt treated like a child, as if suggesting stuff is being unreasonable or dramatic, my father enjoys trips that involve a Caravan, so when I was sick of living in such place and asked for a hostel or a hotel or any kind of place, I have became unreasonable, which I understand his reasons, and my issue is not that I was essentially living in a caravan for 15 days straight but that I was slapped with the feeling of being stuck, of never leaving, of having to fellow a man’s orders for his comfort, of feeling useless, of being a child, I couldn’t escape, I had no money, my visa was always with my parents, all documentation were locked in a safe, I had a bank account but it’s limited by the amount it gets monthly. I was fucked, simply putting it. I was so sheltered that when I tried to officially try formulate a plane, I had to learn how to live. This life they tell you is the dream, isn’t, I swear to you it isn’t, you would never escape a man control by being ignorant and sheltered. So yes, I was fucked, my situation in comparison to other situations isn’t that bad, I understand but most have something in common we all don’t know how to live alone (this is for women), because living alone isn’t a option, it’s not even a thought to some women. That scares me, how can we depend on men, how have shown us again and again how they don’t give a shit about us, how control just builds something in them (maybe it satisfies them). Why are they the one in control????why are women considered just followers???? Why can’t we just not experience life away from constant families or a husband or relatives around us?? But these men are expected to study abroad and life and experience and learn from life. It hurts knowing I can never learn from life the same way they are given because simply they are men, they are stronger, apparently whole minded, won’t get raped or steered to the wrong direction. I wished to be a man from a young age because people seemed to genuinely be happy when they see them,but as I grow older I love being a women it’s the laws and practices women are just forced to do. Have you not had enough, have you men not had enough of being the epitome of a nausea for women, you are the parasite that we can never get ride of. I may be exaggerating but it’s a lot because I want to move and I can’t tell anyone, no one is helping me (I understand I need to grow up and do things alone, but cut me some slack) and if I was stupid enough to mention it or is seen not praying or fasting in Ramadan, I will get severe consequences which I don’t know the severity of it. I will need to wait because I am finishing my bachelor (I want to get the fuck out after the bachelor but that’s hard due to money) so I could wait get a job or get a scholarship and study abroad (this option is hard to get, I can’t decide on the best country for me, first I said Germany then Canada, then Netherlands) I want a Europe country but it’s harder to do so. If anyone has advice please feel free to share, and to anyone out their I hope you do succeed and life in peace. To those who did get out, you are our hope in this life.


r/exmuslim 7h ago

(Quran / Hadith) “It’s literally Allah’s words, and I’m just a messenger. He told me, and I can’t even prove His existence. If you don’t trust me, you’re going to hell.”

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Yeah, yeah, such a bullshitter.


r/exmuslim 7h ago

(Meetup) I am 16, that’s it

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Idk do people leave religion at this age but i was gifted child but no one understood me, even now. I don’t have anyone to express my feelings or anything. Idk what to say here or if anyone sees this, but yeah… there’s a lot to tell…


r/exmuslim 7h ago

(Question/Discussion) I don't think anyone deserves eternal punishment

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Like no matter how many Sins you committed you did them in a limit but god punishment is unlimited which I don't see any justice or fairness there just torturing people for eternity like what's the point


r/exmuslim 8h ago

(Rant) 🤬 So fucking disrespectful

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How self-centred and pathetic do you have to be to reply to someone in this manner when they clearly are on the brink of collapse?? ,,shut up n pray'' why not shove a dirty shovel down your throat before you disregard someone's health, instead of trying to help them? Cause religious guilt-tripping is definitely the way!!


r/exmuslim 8h ago

(Question/Discussion) The way Muslims are so lovey dovey with abusers & r*pists but with kafirs Is the End

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Growing up as a North African Amazigh Berber/amazigh woman in a Muslim household, I've noticed that conservatism is applied conditionally only when it's convenient or benefits specific people.

Women children, and even newborns are judged mocked to their faces bullied, and harassed over everything yet God forbid you match the men's energy or mock them in return you're immediately met with vile insults threats of sexual violence and abuse💔 I’m exhausted from staying silent and being mistreated by men who preach religion while living by double standards 'rules for thee but not for me.' I genuinely tried to be devout vallahi but the more I read the Quran and religious texts the more I felt reduced to a tool for a man's sexual desires and a fixture in the kitchen No matter what you do there are always authoritarian men and sexist women eager to defend toxic behavior and misogyny it breaks my heart because I know if I ever decide to marry a non-Muslim I’ll be severely judged and ostracized even if my family wouldn't resort to honor violence I'm just over it My absolute breaking point was seeing Muslim social media accounts mock former Muslims who survived abuse and sexual violence treating their trauma like a joke on top of that, they constantly make light of mental health issues It is vile How can a text foster so much hate racism and misogyny


r/exmuslim 8h ago

(Question/Discussion) To Late 20s closted atheist, hru handling marriage pressure.

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Hello Everyone. I am M 26 Atheist from Australia. Originally Pakistani and an atheist for lasthe t 4 years. La,tely my family is pressing me to get married an,d I think I would need someone someday as well.

Are there any ex-muslim married peeps? How did you find your partner, or did you marry a Muslim? I did not thaught about that earlier and now I am confused.


r/exmuslim 11h ago

(Rant) 🤬 Ma famille est persuadée que ma tante a été ensorcelée parce qu’elle s’est remariée

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Ma tante s’est récemment remariée avec un homme étranger(clairement un mariage pour les papiers). Depuis, elle est convaincue que la famille de ce mec lui a jeté un sort.
Elle est allée voir un imam pour une roqya. L’imam lui a dit que « ça date de longtemps » et que c’est apparu parce qu’elle s’est remariée. Pendant qu’il récitait des sourates, elle s’est mise à pleurer et ses mains tremblaient. Pour elle et pour mes parents, c’est la preuve que c’était bien de la sorcellerie.
Mes parents y croient à 100 %. Ils accusent même une de mes autres tantes d’être impliquée, parce qu’elle lui faisait souvent des compliments du style « t’as de la chance avec tes filles, elles sont bien avec toi ». Selon eux, ces compliments auraient attiré le mauvais œil / la sorcellerie.
L’imam lui a aussi recommandé de ne surtout pas lâcher la prière et de mettre la sourate Al-Baqara en boucle.
Je trouve ça complètement absurde. On est en 2026 et on accuse encore les gens de sorcellerie parce qu’une femme s’est remariée et que quelqu’un lui a dit qu’elle avait de la chance avec ses enfants…
Vous avez déjà vécu ce genre de délire dans votre famille ?


r/exmuslim 14h ago

(Question/Discussion) Anyone on here become an atheist after being a SAHM?

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A case of having to remain a closeted Muslim in the US…where most people come to enjoy the liberties.

It is already suffocating to feel like I may have to continue hiding my beliefs from everyone, but nothing is more heartbreaking than feeling like I am contributing to the indoctrination of my own children.
My oldest is incredibly bright and, unfortunately, learned to read the Quran at just 4.5 years old. It keeps me awake at night watching my spouse put them to bed while reciting prayers with them. Their minds are capable of absorbing so much, and I can’t help thinking about all of the more beneficial, factual things they could be learning instead…
I have been out of the workforce throughout our nine-year marriage, while my spouse is an executive and earns well. I fear that divorce would be incredibly difficult and that his financial position would put me at a serious disadvantage when it comes to custody. I also know that once my family learns the real reason behind our divorce, they will most likely support him rather than me..
Has anyone here gone through a divorce involving children after becoming an ex Muslim or have advice for me if you were in similar situation? How did/would you navigate this?
There are days when I desperately want to tell my children that “Allah” and “Muhammad” are fictional, and I have to consciously stop myself because I cannot bear the thought of doing anything that could jeopardize my relationship with them. I am terrified of losing them.
It hurts in ways I don’t know how to put into words. It is always the smallest things that get me the most…

Edit:
If this has left you speechless, I guess my story can at least serve as an example that, as bad as things may be, they can truly get worse when children are involved.
I wish my ability to express my beliefs had only impacted me. I had always envisioned raising my children in a loving two-parent household, and now I have to live with the fact that it may not remain that way. What makes it even harder is that he wasn’t knowledgeable or practicing before. I also have to carry guilt of introducing him to more of the the rules of Islam, and he was able to remain consistent with his prayers throughout our marriage because of me. I have not seen him miss a single prayer in years. Not even during sickness. He became very devoted. Sometimes I wonder if I can I ever undo that? Could I ever successfully cast doubt in him? We share many wonderful experiences and still have a great relationship but I feel so dishonest. I wait in the car during prayers with made up excuses, etc. I’ve introduced him to all sorts of sheiks and text he never knew. He listens almost everyday now. He doesn’t even know that nail polish is considered haram, and I’ve been wearing it lately. If he knew, I’m sure I’d get a lecture about that too. As it is, he lectures me about prayer almost every day.. and before you know out our eldest will turn 7 and it will be directed at him as well…


r/exmuslim 17h ago

(Meetup) 20f soon to be 21 looking for someone likeminded

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Well thought I’d give this a go as I’m getting to that age where the marriage questions start popping up.
A bit of background on me. I’m 20 turning 21 soon I’m bi (preference for women) and I am not religious at all. I come from a Pakistani Sunni family. I’d say they’re moderate but still ‘religious’ and by that I mean more culturally religious. They pray bla bla all the basics but don’t wear headscarves ect.
I don’t really want to cut them off or for me to be cut off by them because I don’t believe.
I guess I’m posting this to see if there are any males similar age to me who are either gay or bi in a similar position family wise and want to get married in the future have a family but do not want to raise them religiously at all. Basically I just need someone my family could accept on the outside.
I have many ambitions in life I really want to leave the uk and live aboard ideally in the US (nyc is the dream). I like to go out, drink, smoke(Mary Jane) and just live life to the fullest without religion. I like to travel, watch movies, I love documentaries and I’d say I’m pretty funny( I hope).
If any of this resonates with you dm me!!

Edit: people are dming me and are straight men, so let me explain my dream scenario. I’d have a gf and we meet to guys who are boyfriends marry one of them each as a cover and we’re all great friends. (Evelyn Hugo celia st.James vibes if ykyk)


r/exmuslim 17h ago

(Quran / Hadith) No ceaser after him (false prophecy)Bukhari 3618

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Bukhari 3618

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: when Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him.

The Face value reading of this is A failed prophecy as his son Constantine Ruled after him and was a ceaser⬇️(They will re-interpret it but I will refute that)

Ibn al-Athīr also says:

«ثم ملك بعده ابنه قسطنطين»

“Then after him his son Constantine ruled.”
[al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh](https://islamweb.net/ar/library/content/126/94/ذكر-الطبقة-الثالثة-من-ملوك-الروم-بعد-الهجرة?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

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They will try to save the prophecy by saying this⬇️

Al-Shāfiʿī’

«وإذا هلك قيصر فلا قيصر بعده، فلم يكن بأرض الشام قيصر بعده»

“When Caesar perishes, there will be no Caesar after him — and there was no Caesar in the land of Syria after him.”

https://shamela.ws/book/1655/1037#p2

al-Umm by al-Shafi‘i, Dar al-Fikr edition — al-Shafi‘i (4/181)
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problem is there was ceasers who conquered Syria later on by the ottomans ⬇️
Defintion of a ceaser in Arabic

al-Khaṭṭābī explains:

«قيصر هو صاحب ملك الروم»
“Caesar is the possessor/ruler of the kingdom of the Romans.”

Aʿlām al-Ḥadīth (Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), 2/1447

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Suleyman Clearly Claimed to be Ceaser of rum/enemies accepted him as a ceaser/ contemporary historians affirmed it.

Quṭb al-Dīn al-Nahrawālī (990 AH)

السلطان الأعظم الخاقان الأفخم … ملك البرين والبحرين، ملك الروم والترك والعرب والعجم والعراقين … السلطان سليمان خان بن السلطان سليم خان»

“the greatest Sultan, the most magnificent Khāqān … King of the two lands and two seas, King of the Romans, the Turks, the Arabs, the Persians and the two Iraqs … Sultan Süleyman Khan son of Sultan Selim Khan.”

al-Iʿlām bi-Aʿlām Bayt Allāh al-Ḥarām, p. 384. https://ablibrary.net/book_content/b/9974/384?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Suleyman Claims to be the ceaser of Rome

Page 68 https://www.scribd.com/document/920820864/Halil-%25C4%25B0nalc%25C4%25B1k-Cemal-Kafadar-Suleyman-the-Second-and-His-Time-Gorgias-Press-2019?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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The Ottoman Empire enemies Identified Them as Romans ⬇

Edward G. Browne,
“The term Rūm was applied successively to the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires, and by the Persian historians of this period the Ottoman Sulṭān is constantly called Qayṣar-i-Rūm.”
Page 34
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_literary_history_persia_4.pdf

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Additional information:
In 1466, the philosopher Georgios Trapezuntios legitimised this acceptance as follows: “No one should doubt that you (Mehmed II) are the Emperor of the Romans. The person, who legally holds the capital city of the Empire, is the Emperor and the capital city of the Roman Empire is Constantinople”.