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Euphemius a local naval commander rebels after being threatened with arrest for marrying a nun. After losing the battle he moves to Islamic North Africa.
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Euphemius bring troops from Islamic North Africa to try and reclaim Sicily by besieging Syracuse.
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Due to Syracuse being able to receive supplies via sea the siege was unsuccessful and the siege was lifted.
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The Muslims send Euphemius further inland and he is recognized as traitor and stabbed to death.
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Islamic Spain sends reinforcement troops to meet up with the Islamic North African troops, allowing them to take Palermo.
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By the year 860 the Muslims controlled Western Sicily after suppressing a revolt.
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In 878 Syracuse finally falls to the invading Muslims. This leaves most of the northeastern corner of the island in Christian control.
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By 883 Naples, Amalfi, and Gaeta all aligned themselves with the Muslims out of fear. This allows the Muslims to establish military bases along the coast of Italy.
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In 883 the Muslims raiders sacked and destroyed the Monte Cassino monastery in southern Italy.
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In 885 the Byzantines were able to rally enough forces to push the Muslims back. The Muslims continued to focus their efforts on Calabria.
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A Muslim army marches on Taormina a predominantly Christian town along the northern coast of Sicily. The citizens of the town were sold into slavery and the town was repopulated with Sicilian Muslims.
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The Muslims siege and take the last Christian community in inland Sicily and repopulated the town with Sicilian Muslims.
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During the 970s Ibn Hawqal visited Sicily and saw that Muslim husbands were letting their Christian wives raise their children as Christians. This accelerated the conversion of Christian to Muslim under the Shiite Fatimid Dynasty.
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The Normans are the new power in Southern Italy and now are moving towards Sicily. They start to gain control through their fighting prowess and manipulation of Muslims.
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The Normans siege and take Palermo in the January of 1072 marking the end of Muslim rule in Sicily. It would take around 200 more years to convert the majority of the island back to Christianity.
