Historically, Christians sometimes lived under Muslim domains and protection. For example, after the conquest of Constantinople, since the Orthodox no longer had access to the instruments of running a state, they had to accept the autonomy under the millet system of the Ottomans. The dynamics of this relationship were defined by a tax paid by the Orthodox and in return they had protection and freedom to practice their religion. Later Christian authorities would sometimes even praise this system. In the eighteenth century, the patriarch of Jerusalem believed the hosting by the Ottomans was a special grace from God, for the Orthodox were protected from the heresies and political meddling of the Latin west.

XREF: Connects to discussions of religious minority governance and the relationship between taxation and religious tolerance in pre-modern empires. Builds on: "Ottoman millet system shielded Orthodox clergy from Latin interference."

Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, loc. 54