There is no such thing as a natural ally based on faith. We have examples of the same thing in Europe as powers attempted to control resources (arable land in

There is no such thing as a natural ally based on faith. We have examples of the same thing in Europe as powers attempted to control resources (arable land in agrarian times). They may ally against a common enemy or due to pacts which were broken from time to time. Germany and Japan allied and really had little in common beside a desire to control geography for the sake of resource extraction.