I believe Islam is directly linked to the end times. The ones who will invade Israel before the Lord's return will be people from the surrounding nations, who are islamic. That is just biblical fact.Revelation 13:16 (NKJV) Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
The man seems to be Solomon because he received 666 talents of gold year by year (1 Kings 10:14; 2 Chronicles 9:13), and he has wisdom and understanding (1 Kings 4:29).
The Hebrew Old Testament was written with consonants only. So Solomon would be something like SLMN (not exactly, but you get the idea). Hebrew and related languages also have 3-consonant roots as the basis of words, so, let's consider the first three consonants: SLM. Notice how you spell Islam with only consonants: SLM.
What do you think?
Mark of the beast can potentially be implemented by the islamic "mahdi", their good guy, our bad guy. If you compare islamic eschatology to ours, its like the Bible in reverse. They have two guys coming; Mahdi and Isa (their version of Jesus) and one bad guy Dajjal, the jewish antichrist. We have one good guy coming, the jewish CHRIST, and two bad guys coming, the earth beast and the false prophet. I just find that too much of a coincidence.
They teach that when the mahdi comes you no longer have the option to pay the jizyah tax(tax paid by infidels living within an islamic caliphate), you must either convert or die. This could be the mark of the beast.
Islam also talks about a "beast" rising:
"In Islamic eschatology, the "beast" refers to a creature (Dabba) that will emerge from the earth as one of the major signs of the Day of Judgment. This beast is described in Islamic texts as being unlike any known animal and capable of speech. It will appear after the sun rises from the west and will mark people with a sign on their faces, distinguishing believers from disbeliever "
I am not by any means saying the islamic writings are correct or prophetic, but what I am saying is that biblically speaking one thing is for sure: You will see islamic nations trample Jerusalem.