Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mapoka echiMuslim anoonekwa semapanduki, akadai sevaDruze, vaIshmaelite, vaAlevis, uye vaAlawite, ari pasi pevaJudha nevaKristu. VaDruze vakatambudzwa navaOttoman, uye vaOttoman kazhinji kazhinji vakavimba nokutonga kworudzidziso kwaIbn Taymiyya kururamisa kutambudza kwavo vaDruze. Muna 1514, Sultan Selim I akarayira kuurayiwa kwevane zviuru makumi mana zvevaAalevi veAnatolia ("Qizilbash"), vaaifunga kuti vaive chikamu chechishanu cheumambo hweSafavid. Selim akanga ane mutorowo nokuda kwokuwedzera kusati kwamboitika nokukurumidza kwoUmambo hweOttoman kuMiddle East, zvikurukuru kupfurikidza nokutonga kwake
kukunda Mamluk Sultanate yose yeEgipita. Nokukunda uku, Selim akawedzera kusimbisa kuda kwevaOttoman kuti ave caliphate yechiIslam, kunyange zvazvo masultan eOttoman akanga ave achida zita rekuti caliph kubvira muzana remakore rechi14 kutanga naMurad I (akatonga kubva muna 1362 kusvika muna 1389). Hurumende yaizoramba iri mumaoko evatongi veOttoman kwenguva yose yebasa iri, iro rakaguma nekubviswa kwayo musi wa 3 Kurume 1924 neGreat National Assembly yeTurkey uye kutapwa kwemutongi wekupedzisira, Abdülmecid II, kuFrance.