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I've been reading the Wikipedia article "History of Islam in southern Italy" and it's really piqued my interest. So I wanted to ask: what is the best POD for Islam being more successful in Italy? This includes Sicily.

Wikipedia said:
The first true conquest expedition was launched in 740: in that year the Muslim prince Habib, who had participated on the 728 attack, successfully captured Syracuse. Ready to conquer the whole island, they were however forced to return to Tunisia by a Berber revolt

This seems interesting, but there isn't really much information to go on... And it's from Wikipedia :eek::p
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