[TheConservator]

Islam today is pretty much where Christianity was 1350 years after its inception.

It took the Christian West about 200 years of constant and very destructive warfare to move from the conception of the Christian religion as a politically monolithic entity that physically suppressed other religions and internal dissent (Knights Templars, Teutonic Knights, Inquisition, etc) to modern notions of freedom of conscience in the marketplace of ideas.

The problem is, given the current state of technology, the World cannot afford to have Islam go through a similar process.

[MoGalahad]

I understand the point you are trying to make, Conservator, but I must disagree with your pithy summary of Christian History. Christian History couldn't be more different from Muslim History. Yes, Western culture went through growing pains during the middle ages; however to allude to this as 'Christian' History is not accurate. Western culture has always encompassed much more that Christianity. Muslim culture has no room for anything but Islam.
I do agree with your statement concerning current technology and its impact on the present world order.