Which of the following statements best compares how the Ottoman and Western European states dealt with the religious beliefs of conquered peoples in their empires? Both the Ottoman Empire and Western European states relied heavily on religious persecution as a means for empire building. Both the Ottoman Empire and Western European states relied heavily on missionary efforts to carry out mass conversions of the conquered people within their expanding empires. While both the Ottoman Empire and Western European states relied heavily on forced conversions to expand and maintain their empires, the Ottoman Empire remained more religiously tolerant than the Western European empires. While the Ottoman Empire carried out religious jihads (holy wars) against the West, Western European empires had abandoned these types of religious wars by the 15th century. I think it's C, the Ottomans were religiously tolerant.