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The sword of Mahomet and the Coran are the most fatal enemies of civilization, liberty, and truth which the world has yet known.

— William Muir

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The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the caliphate, but of the Mohammedan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared.

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