This article started as a discussion on Islamic (specifically that of ISIS) apocalyptic thought, then segued into a discussion of Christian pre-millennialist thought, as if the two are comparable. They are not. The article ends with a mention of the Branch Davidian fiasco as an example of the Christian crazies out there who are anxious to do violence because of their end-times beliefs. That disaster had nothing to do with any form of small-o Christian orthodoxy.
So, where is the discussion of Islamic millennialism? You know, the belief that Jesus will return to Earth for 40 years, proclaim Islam as the true religion, then die and be buried next to Muhammad. And the "armies of Rome" that will meet Islamic forces at the Syrian city of Dabiq and the former will suffer a crushing defeat.
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