"Arab Muslims" is a loose definition now. But if you have to compare it, you can emphasize the contrast compared to Saudi Arabia's Muslim today.
In the Ottoman Empire, religion was used as a tool for unification, which was very practical. Regional judges (Kadı (s)) are said to follow the Islamic law, but this is nominal, for example, alcohol is legal in the Ottoman empire, kadıs can not punish someone to drink .
Furthermore, the religious hierarchy follows a pattern similar to that of the Eastern Roman Empire. The best religious authority is Şeyh-ülİslam which is also part of the Imperial Diet (Divan-ıHümayun), but his authority belongs to Padişah (Sudan, Emperor, Khan), like the patriarch's authority Basil basil under Rome. Nominally, Padişah requires the command of Şeyh-ülİslam to take certain actions, but they always allow, and if they try to oppose, they are replaced by the new Şeyh-ülİslam.
In addition to the Islamic law, the Ottoman Empire has many secular laws such as Atam-Dedem Kanunları (literally meaning the rule of predecessor) derived from the Turkish tradition. Non-Muslims are not subject to Muslim civil law; the Archbishop of Constantineeye is responsible for orthodox Christian themes of civil law
In addition, the world's first modern permanent army, Empire's elite army, Janissary Order is a member of the Sufii Dervish Order, which is quite different from Sunni Muslims. The Ottoman dynasty is a Sunni Muslim like Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Arabia follows the most severe Sunni Muslim. Meanwhile, once the Ottoman dynasty şehzades (Prince) grew, became a member of the Janissary Order. Occasion is included in the ceremony to enter the prince's order. This is obviously a promise of ant name, other than Sunni tradition.
The Ottoman Empire used Arabic to translate the city name "Kostantiniyye" (القسطنطينية) that can be found in many Ottoman documents. In Turkish, Muslim Islam (Muslim) or Muslim (Muslim) is a Muslim folk folk who was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 to express the city as a new character of the Muslim Ottoman Empire It is a source. . It was first confirmed shortly after conquest, and that invention was classified by modern writer as Sultan Mehmet II himself.
Islam was the official religion of the Ottoman Empire and became important after two major events, the conquest of Constantinople and the conquest of the Arab region in the Middle East. The highest position in Islam, the caliph, was claimed by Sudan after the failure of Mamluks known as the Ottoman Caliph. Sultan is a devout Muslim, acquiring the literary authority of the caliph. In addition, Sunni clergy have a major influence on the government, whose authority is extremely important for economic regulation. Nonetheless, Sudan has the right to enforce the Kanun (legal) code in Turkish through the law. There is also a top position called Sheykhulislam ("Sheykh of Islam" in Arabic). Ethnic minorities, especially Christians and Jews, and other ethnic minorities are allowed to pay Jiyiya, a head tax imposed by traditional Muslims.