One important thing that Cristiano Allam said in his letter (published on Sunday in Corriere della Sera) was that the Church does not do enough to convert Muslims. I think he’s absolutely right. This is the apostolate to which we should all be called in this century, because it will determine the (earthly) future of the world.
However, volunteering for missionary work among Muslims is essentially to embrace martyrdom or its very real possibility, as well as some form of violent backlash among Christians currently living as minorities in Muslim society.
Not everyone is ready for such an outcome.
this guy has never been practicing muslim,
so they have nothing to cry about.
I think it is more that his position towards israel
gets him in trouble with extremists.