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Omar had come to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to show reverence for the sacred site. So it would be wrong to confuse the pious intention of Omar for an act of abomination. If Omar had committed an abomination, it was not his reverence for the Holy Sepulchre, it was his taking up the sword against 'the people of the Book'. The growing element of imperial greed that inspired some Muslims to conquest was one of the evidences of a growing abomination that was afflicting Islam. This, of course, caused many Christians to feel fear and revulsion towards the Faith of Muhammad.
(196:3)
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