I'm not saying militant Islamism doesn't exist, but rather that the attacks have several underlying motivations, and that radicalization is more likely when the

I'm not saying militant Islamism doesn't exist, but rather that the attacks have several underlying motivations, and that radicalization is more likely when there is a preexisting conflict. Even the threats and attacks against cartoonists, as mentioned by another commenter, go beyond the simplistic "kill all infidels just because they exist".