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The prophecy of Muhammad about the Islamic conquest of Constantinople: "Verily you shall open (conquer) Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will he be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!
The prophecy of Muhammad about the Islamic conquest of Constantinople: "Verily you shall open (conquer) Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will he be, and what a wonderful army will that army be! © Bassem, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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