If religion were truly the opiate of mankind then Islam is heroin. In actuality if Islam is any kind of a ‘’religion’’ it’s a crude religion for barbaric people.
Or maybe it’s the crack cocaine of religions.
My greater point here is that Islam never arose in a vacuum. Satan found a willing puppet and God granted permission to Satan to move his plan forward.
We tend to think of religions as spiritual movements that arise in vacuums. But from the getgo, Islam’s Allah had the God of the Jews and Jesus in his crosshairs, and Satan’s most evil missiles in his armament.
And as for barbaric people... I’d sure say that Islam’s Allah deserves the “salute” for making a people INTO barbarians. Well, ultimately that’s going to turn into heaven’s raspberry at him. “Why should the nations rage?” At some point, even Islam’s Allah will melt before Jesus. Maybe the reason there has never been a heavily concerted evangelism thrust towards Islam, is because nobody was ready for the massive Satanic kickback that would result. Onesy-twosy conversions have occurred, but whoever would envision going up against entire countries full of Islamic people had better line up the most solid spiritual support possible first.