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Q: Who were the first Muslims to take over the city of Constantinople?
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The Hagia Sophia was the main Christian church in Constantinople. It was converted into a mosque when the Muslims took over the city. I believe it is a museum now.


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Did the Muslims allow the Christians to stay at Constantinople at the time of its downfall?

A:Yes. Following the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453 the remaining Christian people of the city were allowed to practise their religion, although their freedom to worship openly was much restricted, and there were the usual taxes and minor persecutions. Constantinople still had over four hundred thousand Christians in 1920, but has perhaps only four thousand today. The city's final Greek remnants largely vanished during a sweeping race riot in 1955.


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