Such terms seek to borrow legitimacy from the past and to explain the present – in a way that most serious scholars of either Islam or terrorism never found very helpful. Analogizing in this way seemed more to reflect a desire to re-fight the old battles, rather than to sharpen political judgment about contemporary events.
这样的名词试图借用过去的合法性来解释现在——多数严肃的伊斯兰或恐怖主义学者都认为这样做没有好处。这样的类比似乎更多地反映了重打老仗的愿望，而不是加强对当代事件的政治评价。