The world would be safer without religions that deny the rights of others to exist, and would also be safer if violence hadn't been used to encourage more membership in those religions that promote violence.
The law of unintended consequences is a tricky beast. I have pasted this link before, but it bears repeating. It's thorny by design, and happens to snide at US - but they are certainly not the only ones who have succesfully created their own enemies. Usually by supporting and funding earlier allies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4H_E8b-qmo
IIRC Iran was a massive source of counterfeit US dollars in the 1980's and early 1990's. The reason? The last Shah of Persia was supported by the US and was even provided with a mint-quality printing press. [0][1] When he fled the country after the 1979 uprising, the printing press was left behind.
0: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/17960/did-usa-se...
1: http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-02/news/mn-1906_1_counte...
EDIT: made quote appear in italics