Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
Tell me - how do these little holy-warmongers fare when they are fighting in... Tyrol, for example?

It is not as silly a question as it sounds; once a muslim power is risen in the east, can they easily conquer central Europe?
I have never seen it happen.
The muslim factions can fare well in Europe when controlled by the player. The AI muslim factions usually do less well, because they cannot compete in autocalced battles against high and late era catholic units.