The Crusades, while they did include atrocious conduct by Christians, came after 400 years of vicious attacks by Muslims on Christians throughout the Middle East and into the heart of Europe.

While the Christians involved naively extended an outreached hand to their Islamic counterparts, the Muslim's intent was entirely different. It was an intentional act of stealth jihad - the process of spreading Islam by means of cultural rather than armed warfare - intended to feed the supremacist strains of Islam while humiliating Christians in the foremost representation of the faith in the capital of the foremost Christian nation on earth.

One of the major mistakes Christians make about Islam is to fail to understand its political nature. Unlike Christianity, subjugation of other religions and cultures is at its core. It is vital for Christians to remember that in Islam jihad doesn't rely on violence alone. Conquering Christian American can be accomplished using pre-violent warfare like the interfaith dialog travesty on display at the National Cathedral. Islam is not like other religions because it embodies an open-ended, divinely sanctioned command to conquer the world. It also dehumanizes infidels, or non-believers, especially Jews. No other major religion calls for a universal empire - the Caliphate - to be established by any and all means necessary, including stealth jihad where Muslims are weak and violent jihad where they are strong.