Talk:Islam in Bulgaria

message: It will be a good thing to have reliable source for the claim that the Turks in Bulgaria are a million and even more. Based on the Bulgarian National Census from 2001 the Turks in Bulgaria are 746,664  see here  Also, see Turks in Bulgaria, where the number is also the same. Moreover, in Islam in Bulgaria the number of all Muslims in the country is around 968,000, but not every Bulgarian Muslim is from Turkish ethnicity. Therefore, it will be important to have more reliable source on this issue. Thanks.
Stoichkov8 (talk) 20:21, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Turks in Bulgaria

message: I deleted this section because it violated WP:NPOV. Please try to rewrite this in a more neutral way that presents the Muslim POV as well. I am aware that this kind of racism did occur, but I don't think it needs to be so long, perhaps just a paragraph? This article also needs sections. —Khoikhoi 02:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Traditional attitude of the Christians in Bulgaria to Islam" 

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message: This article slips in contentious, skewed or outright false opinions as facts, mainly by using Shakir and Eminov's books as sources, and reads pretty much like the position of the Republic of Turkey of Bulgaria's Muslims rather than as an objective encyclopedic entry. They need to be balanced with other sources—preferably not as obscure as either Eminov or Shakir. Several examples:
* The mere claim that there has been or might have been any Muslims in Bulgaria or the Balkan Peninsula in general before the 1360s is contentious at best and an outright lie at worst. This may be Turkey's official position, but it is not supported by "scientific consensus".
* Yet another attempt to equate Turkish with Turkic. No, neither Pechenegs, nor Cumans were Turkish, and they were most certainly not Muslim. Check Pechenegs and Cumans
* No, I do not believe for a second Zhelyazkova ever said that there was either "a second revival process" or that "400,000 Turks migrated" in the mid-90s. A "second revival process" means a new assimilation campaign—did it happen?—no, it didn't. The 1992 census lists 1.111 mln Muslims, the 2001 one 0.967 mln Muslims—how did "400,000 Turks or Muslims migrate" then? This serves to show, if the citations are correct, that especially Shakir is an un-re-li-a-ble as a source. See Demographics of Bulgaria, Religion in Bulgaria and official census data.
* Another extremely contentious claim, again by Shakir: "These events changed the ethnic and religious makeup of Bulgaria." Well, no, they didn't. The forced Christianisation was annulled in the summer of 1913. The Turks in the Eastern Rhodopes are still in the Eastern Rhodopes, the Muslim Bulgarians are still in the Central and Western Rhodopes (well, many of them do not identify as Muslims, but this is another question). I refer again to Demographics of Bulgaria, Religion in Bulgaria and official census data. 602,078 (13.8%) Muslims in 1910 and 690,734 (14.2%) Muslims in 1920 and this is after the loss of South Dobruja with its 40% Muslims. How exactly was the ethnic and religious makeup of Bulgaria changed, I wonder?
* I have already corrected Shakir's incorrect claims that "the Danube Vilayet was transformed into the Principality of Bulgaria" and that it "was populated by 1.12 mln Muslims". No, part of did, and the figure is completely wrong.
Everywhere where there is Shakir, there are bombastic, contentious and plainly incorrect claims. Most of the article is fine, but wherever there is Eminov and especially Shakir, it is not. 
The article is imbalanced and pushes fringe opinions. There cannot be two primary authors—both of them ethnic Turks. 
I am sorry if I sound testy, but I am in a hurry. Well, perhaps it doesn't look this way seeing how much I've written, but take that as a personality flaw🤭. VMORO 22:11, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
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