I’ll put $$$$$$ as being more important than anything and its the economic power of the Saudis and Gulf Arabs from all the oil and gas wealth that rules.
That’s the ultimate reason Western Europe, the UK and the US pay homage to Islam.
The Progressives-Leftists have their Islam obsession. Heck, I even saw it coming from a high school teacher in my school 40 years ago but.....
I$lam covers the debts of nations and does business with them and we are a corporatist society where big banks and big business cojoin with big government to exercise power.
So when they turn St. Pauls into a mosque...what will the bankers say?