I used to wonder about “those who did not receive the mark” but one day I realized that Muslims wear the headband with the “an shala” written on them. I believe that the beast is Islamism. We were never thinking like middle Easterners and interpret things with our Western Cultural understanding. It seems lately that things are becoming more focused.
Doing what “their god”, the devil is telling them to do!
Not to mention the really, eally devout ones take pride in developing a callous/bump on their forehead from thumping their heads on the floor when praying.