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To: eleni121

The Muslims Bosnians were Bogomils (Gnostic dualists) until the arrival of the Turks. They didn't want to accept either Orthodoxy or Rome. So they found Islam liberating? Don't quite get it except for the fact they wouldn't have to pay the jizya that all dhimmis were subject to.


10 posted on 03/24/2006 11:13:10 AM PST by brooklyn dave
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To: brooklyn dave

Bosnia was Serb state, ortodox Christianity, king Tvrtko took name King of Bosnia and Serbia. There was Bogumil movement, but not as large as belived. Also there was Pataren movement in Serbia.


12 posted on 03/24/2006 1:19:11 PM PST by kronos77 (Kosovo I Metohija - "Field of Blackbirds And Land of The Monastry" full official name.)
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