What escapes a lot of the fellow Christians is that Islam actually acknowledges the divine message of Jesus Christ, the miracle of his birth, his other miracles, the virginity of Virgin Mary ....etc.
That's WAY more than we can say for any other religion. It's sad that two religions that have so much in common, in the basic and fundamental teachings, to be pitted against eachother like that (In the media at least).
I find it extremely hypocritical that Europe and the US, which only emerged into advancement and technology after the separation of state and church, and the elimination of the Church's role in public matters..... Suddenly pretends to hold some form of divine representation of the "Christendom" ...... how silly.
I find the Arab Christians (Specially the Iraqi and Syrian) to be very close to what I always imagined to be "true" christians.
Let's not forget that if Moses, Jesus, and Abraham were alive today, that they'd probably be escorted off airplanes and into detention in a lot of European/American airports. They were by no way "white" or "western".
As a matter of fact, as much as a lot would hate to hear this, Jesus probably looked more like Hassan and Mohammed and Ali, than John or Andrew or Sean.
Focus on the meeting points.