Christian writers inscribed the Muslim conqueror into Daniel’s apocalyptic prophecy

Evidence

When the caliph ‘Umar enters Jerusalem as a conqueror, clad in a dirty camel-hair garment, according to Theophanes, the patriarch Sophronios proclaims: “Verily, this is the abomination of desolation standing in a holy place, as has been spoken through the prophet Daniel.” — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 410

Categorization

• XREF: The Christian apocalyptic template imposed on Islam — reading conquest through Daniel — anticipates the eschatological framing of Islam as an end-times threat that vault claims map forward to modern Islamophobic discourse.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the worldbuilding article on how conquerors are mythologized through pre-existing prophetic frameworks.