Ottomans

After understanding the article of “The Gulhane Proclamation (1839), it made me believe more in Islam. As the article discuss in the beginning the raise of the Ottoman Empire, and how they ruled their country with the laws of Koran, the Ottomans did give freedom to believe in any religion you would like to believe in, but at the same time, you have to pay taxes if you not a Muslim. For Muslims also it was the same way, but they don’t call it taxes, its just every Muslim has to donate 3% of his income to the poor citizens of the nation. Muslims and non-Muslims liked the idea because they saw that everyone was living a good life under the laws and regulations of Islam. I wouldn’t consider it democracy because you had freedom of choosing your religion, but not necessarily having freedom of speech, or gay marriage, etc. but at the same time, we won’t see any problem with the system, because if the country is being ruled fairly, I don’t think they should be need to go against the government. The Ottoman Empire had it’s glorious time, when they were under the Islamic law, and look what happened to them when they started become westernized. America has some similarities with the Ottoman Empire, but the same time, American government taxes their citizens in order to give aid to different countries, and that why people in this country are not satisfied with the taxing system that this country has, but you can that the Ottoman actually took money from the rich to give to the poor.