How should have Christians historically addressed Islam within a Christian moral framework?
Well, yes ones claiming to be Christians have done evil to Muslims. And ones claiming Christianity have done evil to native sovereign peoples who were conquered by the United States. And Mexicans have been massacred by ones of the United States while the U.S.A. is said to have been a Christian country. And there has been a lot of hating against Muslims and Hispanics and "Indians" . . . hating by U.S.A. citizens; and this has not been obviously confronted and corrected by whoever was in power.
I would say a ***functionally*** Christian nation of people would not have gone along with that sort of massacring and hating and then keeping the lands which were taken by means of cruelty and hatred and murder.
So . . . in case the main part of the U.S.A. population and politicians have never been truly Christian . . . Jesus says, "without Me you can do nothing", in John 15:5. Therefore, I would say you can not expect non-Christian people to do what is moral.
And if such ones are still operating, today, you can not expect them to do what is "moral" with Muslims or even their own selves. They would ***already*** have done what is right, if they really were in power to do so. And ones not really right are not going to do what is really good.
It looks like in "American" history, there never have been functionally Christian leaders with enough power to do what is right with Indians and Mexicans and other Hispanics and Muslims. There has not been obvious loving others as oneself, politically or by the main part of church culture groups.
But in the United States, in my opinion, we do have the underground church of Jesus Christ's genuinely obedient ones. These might not have a great show of political and church culture power, but the obedient do have the only real influence . . . by means of however God manages "things". And this power works through prayer, example, and however else Jesus has His true church ministering.
So, how do ones of Jesus Christ's underground American church operate, concerning Muslims??
My opinion > first, ones see how "the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God" "first" > 1 Peter 4:17. And therefore God's obedient children are first and mainly evaluating how they themselves are becoming and loving like Jesus . . . and how they are not. And this is getting their main attention. Because, by maturing in Jesus we can do what really will matter and work. By being underground > "rooted and grounded in love" (in Ephesians 3:17) > we are operating in "faith working through love" (in Galatians 5:6), and therefore we can accomplish the most . . . like how the obedience of Abraham has gotten God's all-loving results > getting "all the nations of the earth" "blessed" > Genesis 22:18.
By obeying our Heavenly Father who is all-loving, we get His all-loving results . . . not only blessing our own selves and families and favorite churches and favorite country and "Israel" > but all are loved and blessed through our obedience, however our Father rules us in His own peace >
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)
In God's own peace we have our Creator's own creativity for how to love any and all people. And this harmony of God's love in us perfectly satisfies and guides and encourages us in Heaven's own goodness and rest in such sharing with God Himself in us. So, do not accept and compromise with less.
God knows the secrets of every person's heart, and He is now having things work out in His favor of whomever He knows is truly honoring Him and staying submissive to how He rules us in His own peace. Ruling every thought and feeling and idea and emotion in our hearts, and doing all which comes from here
