Daniel Pipes says that the media has been too quick to turn a blind eye to the possibility that John Muhammad was motivated by Islamist ideology:

"Islamists in Pakistan, reports Arnaud de Borchgrave, expect that 'in the next 10 years, Americans will wake up to the existence of an Islamic army in their midst - an army of jihadis who will force America to abandon imperialism and listen to the voice of Allah.'"