Extremism and radicalism arises, in this case, out of cultural imperialism from the West. There is a real threat of Christian and atheistical ideas (i.e. broadly Western) dominating over Islamic ones. It’s very much akin to “the culture war” that took place between the Greeks and Jews 2200-1600 years ago–the only difference being that Judaism acquired imperialism because of Hellenistic imperialism, whereas Islam has been imperialistic from the beginning. Western and Islamic imperialisms clashed before and this was bound to happen again, only now much more deeply. And since each imagines itself to be superior and wishes to expand accordingly without competitors, I hope both sides will continue to lose adherents during the fighting. Polytheisms must reform and spread throughout the world, reclaiming lost peoples and lands. As such, polytheists shouldn’t take sides in the fight, but only rise as a distinct force, a middle way that can end all the madness.