Yes, the Church has been beset and divided by Satan and his minions ever since Christ founded it 2,000 years ago. Jesus told us to expect this, "beware wolves in sheep's clothing..", "a house divided against itself..", "false prophets will arise..", etc. But bear in mind it wasn't the CHURCH (God's spotless bride) that caused these divisions and troubles, it was Satan working in the minds of weak individuals within the Church. We must always be on guard against this.
But islam is another case altogether. It's founder was a lecher, a liar and a murderer, there was no spirituality in any of his messages, as they pertained mostly to worldly events. Even their 'paradise' is founded on lust and eternal pleasures of the flesh.
The bitter hearts and brutal behavior of mohammed's present-day followers is the inheritance of islam, as is their stagnant, medieval lifestyle. Fourteen hundred years of history show mohammed and his cult to have contributed nothing to the world except bloodshed, terror and faith based insanity. Even the advanced math that some falsely attribute to early islam had already been established centuries, perhaps millenia, earlier by the Egyptians.
They've done nada with their lives, even the oil that lies beneath their feet had to be extracted by foreignors. They hate the Jews, they hate the Christians, they hate the Hindus, they hate the Bhuddists, they even hate each other. They are hate.
Yeah I see your point. I guess I havent quite got my view of Islam straight in my own mind yet. For some reason If I remember right, Bellioc I believed classifyed Islam as a heresy and not a seperate religion. I will have to dig that book back up and re read that portion. I guess my position is that we have gone throug periods of peaceful coexistance with Islam before. Of course that was after a bloody war that destroyed Christianity even in the lands of Chrisitian North africa. I suppose I am investing alot in this experiment we are doing in Iraq and hoping against hope that Democracy will temper some of Islams bad tendencies. Otherwise I guess I might need to consult our Eastern Orthodox breathen and find out how one can be a Christian under Islamic rule since they have some experience at it.