Egypt's Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb :"Christianity in the West impacted by the pagan ideas of the Romans".

                                          Church attack Egypt January 2012.

Egypt's Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb :"Christianity in the West impacted by the pagan ideas of the Romans".(EI).Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb issued a statement Wednesday railing against what he called attacks on Muslims that seek to destabilize their relationship with their neighbors, saying the Western world has been hostile to the religion, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported Wednesday. "The West throughout history has not treated Islam with respect, but showed hostility [against it], and chosen the path of conflict, rather than understanding," said Tayyeb in a statement responding to a French newspaper's publication of cartoons insulting the Prophet Mohamed.
He said that Christianity in the West was affected by the Roman ideas which caused Christianity there to be impacted by the pagan ideas of the Romans. 
He stressed that Islam has protected Eastern Christian [Orthodox] from persecution by the West, and moderate Copts admit this. He added that these attacks on Islam are part of a series of events, including Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses," the Danish cartoon controversy, and Pope Benedict XVI's statements maligning Islam. He said the events all aim at causing disputes between Muslims and Copts in Egypt. He described those who stoke such disputes as hateful people who "work day and night to break up the Arab countries and to let the Zionist entity act as it wishes in the Arab and Islamic Middle East." The mufti’s article was part of a campaign launched by Dar al-Ifta on Tuesday to educate Americans and Europeans about the Prophet.Hmmm......“Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity. On the contrary, it is a favorite instrument of the Antichrist, however idealistic its religious motivation may be,” ~ Pope Benedict XVI. Read the full story here.