Complete nonsense the Pomak were Muslim long before the Ottomans arrived to the Balkans. Is there a way to stop the Bulgarian propaganda machine? When the Pomaks inhabited the Rhodopes the Slavs were very far from Bulgaria and were yet to migrate to those areas.
It is complete nonsense, that Pomaks were Muslim long before the Ottomans arrived to the Balkans.
First of all, the name "Pomak" become since 1880 year, not before or soon after Ottomans invasia.
The second, there is so many documents, ottomans including, (click here for example: http://www.edliny.com/smf/index.php?topic=364.0) who very detailly describe the process of islamization on the Balkans. Were is absolutely clear, that this was a slow, very offenly forsed process, as a result of Central Ottoman Policy to convert Balkan people in to islam on quantity, that Ottoman autority feel comfort for him selfe, because of security reasons.
And, the third: if you talk about "Slavs", please, try to explain the following questions:
- Who are Slavs and who from the ancient chronists first was mentioned or presence of Slavs people (exactly with this name): in which year, in wich chronic?
- Who are Thraks, and do they are something different from Ancient Bulgarians? Ancient chronists believe, that those are the same people. Click here for details: http://www.edliny.com/smf/index.php?topic=37.0
- Who are ancient Biulgarians, and do they come to the Balkan's peninsula with Asparukh firstly, or they come a senturies earlier, or they was on the Balkans since milleniums? Click here for details: http://www.edliny.com/smf/index.php?topic=37.msg203#msg203
Try to give a answer to these questions, and with good sources, prouvs and narrated sources prefferably, and your theory, that Pomaks was muslims even before Ottomans invasion, will dissapear.
Complete nonsense