Culture of Tolerance v. Culture of Terror

I subscribe to the ADL newsletter and through the inbox this week was a piece positing a "Culture of Tolerance" vs. "Culture of Terror," here's a clip:

"The awful truth is that the terrorists want to destroy tolerance more than anything else. Societies in which people with different religious affiliations and political beliefs live harmoniously each other are anathema to their worldview, which is based on violence and religious fanaticism. The terrorists will not rest until they have removed our fundamental right to disagree cordially with each other. In that sense, there is a common thread which binds Al Qaeda to the totalitarian nightmares of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union."

It's provocative food for thought, given there is a lot of discussion at ICTE these days about defining exactly what is meant by "tolerance."

Ultimately, I'm not sure what I think about this frame for current events, but it does seem at least partially consistent with Benjamin Barber's Jihad vs. McWorld.