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A comment from WNP writer Cecil Maranville.

Western politicians and press alike have been loath to declare the war on terror as evidence of a broader cultural struggle between Islam and Christianity. You might remember President George W. Bush's single use of the term, "crusade" in a public statement shortly after September 11, 2001.

On September 19, 2001, Peter Ford wrote in The Christian Science Monitor:



President Bush's reference to a "crusade" against terrorism, which passed almost unnoticed by Americans, rang alarm bells in Europe. It raised fears that the terrorist attacks could spark a 'clash of civilizations' between Christians and Muslims, sowing fresh winds of hatred and mistrust.


He cited the French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, who cautioned:



We have to avoid a clash of civilizations at all costs. One has to avoid falling into this huge trap, this monstrous trap...


Noted Middle East authority Daniel Pipes reports this week that the Vatican shows signs of stripping off the velvet gloves on the question of an Islam versus Christianity mentality.

In an editorial titled, "The Vatican Confronts Islam" he quotes the secretary of the Vatican's Supreme Court:



Enough now with this turning the other cheek! It's our duty to protect ourselves." Thus spoke Monsignor Velasio De Paolis, secretary of the Vatican's supreme court, referring to Muslims.


This official is far from alone, as Pipes reports:



De Paolis is hardly alone in his thinking; indeed, the Catholic Church is undergoing a dramatic shift from a decades-old policy to protect Catholics living under Muslim rule. The old methods of quiet diplomacy and muted appeasement have clearly failed. The estimated 40 million Christians in Dar al-Islam, notes the Barnabas Fund's Patrick Sookhdeo, increasingly find themselves an embattled minority facing economic decline, dwindling rights, and physical jeopardy. Most of them, he goes on, are despised and distrusted second-class citizens, facing discrimination in education, jobs, and the courts.


This confrontation between Christianity and Islam seems inevitable, from the point of view of today's news and projected growth in Islamic populations through immigration and a high birthrate. It also seems inevitable in light of Bible prophecy, which foretells a confrontation of global proportions, based upon religion.

Read it here in The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy and The Book of Revelation Unveiled.