To be sure, Muslims would have been "orientalised" and exotified, but there was something of a respect for the Civilization of Muslim regions in the 19th century. This was the age of "Thomas Jefferson's Koran" and the "1001 Nights," but before the defeat of the Ottomans.
To be sure, Muslims would have been "orientalised" and exotified, but there was something of a respect for the Civilization of Muslim regions in the 19th century. This was the age of "Thomas Jefferson's Koran" and the "1001 Nights," but before the defeat of the Ottomans.