I disagree. It was poetic justice. The church murdered "heretics" for centuries, and even their own "desert fathers" turned against it and created Islam. The main schtick of Islam is being against idolatry - that's because the Roman church became idolatrous. If you don't believe me, look into the "iconoclasm" of around the 600's. You'll have to read between the lines because pretty much anything in English is going to tell it from the church's perspective.