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After Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror had
invaded Bosnia, he offered the locals, religious freedom as a result
of Ottoman governmental policies. In his firman (1478) addressed to
the Latin priests, Mehmed the Conqueror says: "I Sultan Mehmed Han,
All the people from lower and upper classes should know that, I order
this to the Bosnian priests who are carrying this firman that: No
one shall disturb or interfere with those priests or their churches.
All the people who are unaware of this order or all the people who
run away from my country can come to our lands and to their churches.
Neither me nor my viziers shall disturb those people. I sware on the
name of Allah, on the name of Mohammed, on the names of seven holy
books, on the names of 124.000 prophets and on sword I wore, no one
shall oppose those priests who will obbey my authority and who will
serve my country." As it is seen in the pertinant firman, all the
minorities living under Ottoman rule had enjoyed freedom equally.
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