Refer to the passage.
"It makes me shudder to think of what the result of a struggle between such different systems must be; one of us must prevail and the other be destroyed, at any rate we cannot both exist in safety. On their side is the vast wealth of their empire, unimpaired resources, experience and practice in arms, a veteran soldiery, an uninterrupted series of victories, readiness to endure hardships, union, order, discipline, thrift, and watchfulness. On ours are found an empty exchequer, luxurious habits, exhausted resources, broken spirits, a raw and insubordinate soldiery, and greedy generals; there is no regard for discipline, license runs riot, the men indulge in drunkenness and debauchery, and, worst of all, the enemy are accustomed to victory, we, to defeat. Can we doubt what the result must be?”
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat in Constantinople, The Turkish Letters, 1555–62
Which of the following conclusions about the Christian and Islamic belief systems in the 16th-century Ottoman Empire is best reflected by the passage?
The Islamic and Christian belief systems were indifferent toward each other and would have peacefully existed separately.
The Islamic and Christian belief systems were deeply interdependent and would have relied on each other to exist.
The Islamic and Christian belief systems were mutually exclusive and could not have coexisted peacefully together.
The Islamic and Christian belief systems were deeply similar and would have developed together with mutual respect.