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Why did Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi believe that the Ottomans were the cause of the decline of Muslims?
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Al-Kawakibi believed that the Ottomans were the cause of the decline of Muslims because they imposed their own rules on everyone under their control. This only elevated the position of the Turks and kept the other Muslims, especially Arabs in the dark. He believed that religion was used as an excuse by the Ottomans to unfairly rule over Arabs and other Muslims without understanding the cultural and local customs.