[truthingod]

Whoever this anti-christ is, he will have the ability to marry politics and religion. This should be interesting given all the American/European angst over religion in government now. He will be able to command a world wide political climate while keeping a religious exterior operating for at least the first years of his power, he will of course play his hand when he demands worship for himself and desecrates the temple of the Jewish people.

[marty60]

An interesting Nostradamus claim is that at the end time, in an attempt to stop religious bloodshed, that it will be declared that Mondays will become the "official" day of worship in the world. I keep waiting to see WHEN the U.N will start this campaign.

Everything you said does fit with an Islamic Empire.