Muslims and Christians in the Ottoman Empire

In the reading the topic of women rights and social life caught my attention. I knew a little bit about the Turkish women rights prior to the reading, and reading about how they changed under the Ottoman Empire was intriguing to me. The elite Turkish women under the Ottoman Empire were secluded and often veiled. These women were also not included in the imperial censuses. The fact that they were not including caught my eye in particular. In my opinion every being should be counted as a human being, men being equal to women. The Muslim reformers also sought to restrict these women religious gatherings. Everyone should have the right to attend religious ceremonies irregardless of gender. These women were able to keep some of their rights. These retained rights included having property rights. These differences in women rights under the Ottoman Empire were very interesting.