That may come across as too simplistic. Sure, there are many factors behind religious terrorism — or violence in the name of God.  But one of them surely is what Ahmad and Eagleton are pointing to:  People get very angry when they feel they are being pushed aside, stepped on, or not respected.  And when they think God doesn’t like that either, they feel (rightly so, I would say) that they can respond with God on their side.  And if they have a notion of a patriarchal father God who himself gets violent when he’s angry, watch out. That’s where anger-endorsed-by-God leads to violence-endorsed-by-God.

So, the solution to religious terror is indeed secular justice. But that is not enough. The solution  also requires theological criticism and reform of a patriarchal God who gets pissed off and starts swinging.