In his latest book, A Lever and a Place to Stand, Richard Rohr (p.32) offers this:

‘When I look at the American Christian Churches since 9/11, it seems that church has frequently become one more place for frightened people to hide. It often became a way to give ourselves a quick fix of surety and of “God is on our side,” so that we would not have to look at this issue with any subtlety or repentance whatsoever.

‘What if the President had called a worldwide convocation of Islamic peoples to ask them: “Why do you hate us so much? What are we doing wrong? What could we do better to show that we are your friends?”

‘Unthinkable isn’t it?’