OK, let's make the analogy between Zionists and neo-caliphates, shall we?
I happen to be a supporter of the state of Isreal, so I guess I'm a Zionist. I suppose then that I must also be Jewish (which I'm not).
But let's take that paragraph you've prominently highlighted and put it in Zionist terms:
The religion of such [Zionists] is not incidental to their [violent] acts as is the case with, say, Timothy McVeigh or Spain's Basques. [Judaism] is their raison d'être, their inspiration, their call to battle, their means of recruitment and, in the second before they [commit] themselves, their great comfort.I suppose there are some Muslims who would find that statement quite accurate. I think that Zionism is more of a cultural and statist cause than religious. I also find that the neo-caliphates' cause is more cultural and statist.
But hey, maybe this is a crusade of all the Judeo-Christian religions against all Muslims. I could be wrong.
Let's return to basics.
A significant percentage of the Muslim world is waging a jihad against those whom they consider to be unbelievers with the ultimate goal being to subjugate the world to Wahabist Islam.
Jihad is defined as 'A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.'
That makes the jihadists' decades-long rampage of killing a religious war.