Dan J.S. wrote:
Mustafa was practicing Islam.

Correct

... Turks were considered Arabs.

Ahem! I suggest you try telling a Turk that. If you're lucky, he won't
reply that he he considers you to be Greek.


... They followed the
sharia which is the canonical muslim law.

Somewhat correct, but the gov't which the Ottomans built up over the
centuries was quite secular... more so than most in Europe at the
time... and that heritage is one reason probably why Turkey is one of
the most pro-West and secular countries in the Middle East today.

DSK