Diversity in the Qing Dynasty

As we know, the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires called themselves Islamic empires even though they all ecouraged diversity to some extent. Unlike these empires, the Qing Dynasty went in the other direction. Somewhat like the Ottomans, the Qing liked to keep ethic and religious boundaries seperate. To keep the people in the lands they conquered comfortable, they stopped Chinese immigration. However, unlike the Ottomans, they did not make people who practice other religions pay a seperate tax. They even made laws so that people of religious importance, like the Buddhist monks, did not have to pay any taxes. The Qing were supportive of all religions and sought to make their takeover as smooth as it could be. The only thing they insisted on keeping seperate were the actual people of different religions. For example, inter-marriage between the Qing and the Chinese was forbidden. In the end, the ways that the Qing Dynasty went about keeping diversity were much more successful then the ways of the Islamic Empires.