Echoes of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in today's Islamic conquest of the West

Across the world last week, Jews observed the saddest day on the biblical calendar, a day of mourning and fasting in commemoration of the destruction of the First Temple (586 BCE) and the Second Temple (70 CE), along with other calamities that have befallen the Jewish people on the same day — the ninth of the month of Av — across millennia. These are not a coincidence, and our observance and mourning are with deep introspection.

The destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem pulled the rug out from under the cornerstone of Jewish life, something which we still experience today. Sadly, there are p...