... force of religion is especially evident in that the Ottomans, left as the major Muslim rivals of Byzantium, attracted masses of nomads and urban unemployed who were roaming through the Middle East searching for not only means to gain their livelihoods and but also to fulfill their religious desire to expand the territory of Islam. As such, in the name of ... the Ottoman Empire. However, religion was merely a tool made use of by the sultans in their desire to pursue territorial conquest. The belief of Islam had always existed among the Middle Eastern since 622 CE, way before the time of ...

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... British for recognition and protection in order to rid Arabia of Ottoman influence. (www.CountryReports.org 3) Finally, in 1913, Abdul Aziz's armies drove the Ottomans out of Al Hufuf in eastern Arabia and without British assistance. This helped to strengthen his position in Najd. In 1914, as the war was escalating and it looked as if the Ottoman Empire would enter ... 1922. Whether this was on religious or the fundamental assumptions upon which they based their decisions, it never the less helps to explain the politics of the region. In the Middle East, "there is no sense of legitimacy...

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