"Elsewhere in the piece, the author makes the link between Islam as a “universal” religion and Muslims as “global citizens”. There is, in other words, a specific link between the proposal, which amounts to the creation of a global caliphate although Ceric does not use this term, and the general cosmopolitan ideology of globalism of which European integration is a key part. To put it bluntly, the stronger national identities, the weaker Islamic identity – and vice-versa."

How is this different from "a single Catholic authority for the whole world," i.e., the Pope? Catholics are also technically obliged to follow canon law and infallible papal pronouncements -- but an awful lot of them don't. An interesting coincidence -- I published a review of some of Mustafa Ceric's work on interfaith dialogue and anti-violence work a few years back. This article presents a very distorted picture of what he's like.

I'm no Catholic or knowledgeable about their doctrine, but how many Catholics across the world choose not to follow their canon or the pronouncements of the Pope? I'd say 'lots'. They still live and are not sought out and killed. The Protestants and the Catholics gave up killing each other long ago while the Shiites and Sunnis are still doing so with no end in sight.

Some good things have come from our religious tolerance but these dangerous and deadly sects of Islam do not adhere to any spectrum of religious freedom.

How is this different from "a single Catholic authority for the whole world," i.e., the Pope?

Yes, enbar, I initially thought the same thing. I'm not sure there is a difference in theory. What you have here, I think, is an establishment of a political will and identity using Islam as a means for societal disruption, which is also fine in theory. I think the problem here is about the political ideology that Islam is and it's provocations that really are not in the best interests of non-Muslims, as we see them occuring almost on a daily basis througout Europe.

However, just to diminish the case a little... I am a Christian, not Catholic, and the Pope does not necessarily speak for me.