Barry 351 writes:

“Some who lead us wish us to become Islamic because those that lead us crave the power over their political rivals and the population that Islam has always able to wield.”

This desire seems to have been motivating Napoleon’s flirtation with Islam.

Joshua writes:

re. “‘soft jihad’ in our news media, schools, academia etc. . . If this is in fact the supremacists’ strategy, so far it has been wildly successful.”

On the other hand, the influence of the West, especially the appeal of freedom and economic development, cuts in the other direction.

We’ll see whether the East/Islam or West/Christian appeal is greater. (The secular has no lasting power.) I’m betting on Christendom, with an assist from the evangelical fervor of the Global South churches, which could ignite a new wave of spirit in the U.S. I’m not sure about Europe.