
It was established as such by Christians 600 years before the advent of Islam. Judaism had been established in what is now Israel for millennia before a newcomer named Muhammad claimed to be the ultimate prophet. In accordance with his diktat, which claimed only his followers had the right to live, Jews and Christians were annihilated in the late 7th century. Jerusalem and the Judaeo/Christian Holy Land were invaded by Islam.
The Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries were for the very purpose of evicting Islam and reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding Christian lands. Jerusalem is to Judaeo/Christians what Mecca is to Muslims.
President Trump, unlike most Western Christian leaders, has the courage to make a stand against the invasive ideology of Islam. He is directly confronting political correctness by restoring “Merry Christmas” and establishing historical reality by acknowledging Jerusalem as the spiritual capital of not only Israel, the Holy Land, but the whole Judaeo/Christian world.
Western policy generally is one of cowardly appeasement. Other than President Trump, only the people of Poland seem prepared to take a firm stand for Christianity against the invasive political ideology of Islam. Were Muslims to assimilate in Western civilisation as do followers of other religious doctrines, there would be no social friction. But Islam is much more than a religion. Its anti-democracy political ambitions are the cause of the often violent social situation we face today across the globe.
JC Wilcox