In Allah’s saying: “And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him tenderness and mercy,” does this include the Christians of today?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding Allah’s saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) , in your explanation of “And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him tenderness and mercy,” you stated that the Christians are people of tenderness and mercy. What is the state of the Christians today? Are they people of tenderness and mercy, or was that in that seventh-century era?

Answer:
This is present in them, but there may be among them those who have been influenced by the Jews and have adopted the Jews’ path of hostility and hatred toward the Muslims. Otherwise, the default is that they possess tenderness and mercy, unlike the Jews, who have error, violence, and harshness, and who harbor hatred toward humanity in general and toward the Muslims in particular. They do not see that anyone deserves to remain except the Jews; they call themselves the chosen people of Allah and believe that the entire world was created for the Jews. This is the feeling of the Jews. As for the Christians, they have tenderness and mercy, though there may be among them those who are devoid of this quality and possess the qualities of the Jews. Yes.