> e.g. the muslim Ottoman empire was a tolerant empire that lasted for centuries I don't know how tolerant they really were. Look up the janissaries, the jizy

> e.g. the muslim Ottoman empire was a tolerant empire that lasted for centuries I don't know how tolerant they really were. Look up the janissaries, the jizya and the rest of the details of dhimmitude. It's probably better described as 'sufferance' rather than 'tolerance.' I'll grant that they were probably more tolerant than Western Europe was at the time, given that they let Jews & Christians reside in the empire during centuries when Jews & Moors were expelled from European nations.