Here's my take on this (as a Christian):

God command that we love our enemies (Matthew 5 verse 43). It also says in the New Testament that we do not fight against flesh and blood but evil spiritual forces using people as pawns (Ephesians 6). For that reason, demonising entire people groups is absolutely wrong. Even if a Christian has bunkered themselves into the position where they think a Muslim is their enemy, they are still commanded to love them. Jesus offers no excuse.

Unfortunately, church history has often fallen short of this ideal, and I'm not just talking about horrors like the Spanish Inquisition. I'm talking about the present day. Look at America's current culture war. Not much of a "love your enemy" attitude going on there, is there? Yet so much of what one hears from the Trump-voting right is endorsed by evangelical Christianity.

Here in the UK, we've currently got a similar problem with the riots provoked by the tragic Southport stabbings, stirred up by ignorant far-right groups online. Never mind that the killer came from a "Christian" family. That's irrelevant to these thugs, who urge all "Christians" into this violent lunacy against Muslims, mosques, immigrants in general, and so on.

None of this has anything to do with the message of Jesus Christ. All Christians are called to be ambassadors of his message, and those who behave in the manner I've described above are obviously not. They do not represent true Christianity.

As for the specifics of the religion of Islam, obviously as a Christian I don't go along with it. But that doesn't mean we aren't commanded in the New Testament to live at peace with all people if at all possible (Romans 12 verse 18). Therefore, I don't believe in stirring up animosity between religious systems, but showing the love of Jesus to Muslims, exactly as Jesus commanded. Yes, we are commanded to preach the gospel, but it is the job of the Holy Spirit to turn hearts towards God. It is not our job. We are merely messengers and ambassadors.

Obviously, I condemn violence that stems from Islamic ideology too. But as Christians, we cannot ignore the violence that historically and presently is being preached, twisting the word of God for political ends.