Looks like security theater to me. So far, the Powers-That-Be in the West seem more interested in appearing to deal with the jihadi threat than in actually doing something about it. Probably because that would require admitting that some religious sects are genuinely dangerous, and suppressing them either by direct force or through client states.
If the Raj had had our modern mindset, Thuggees would still strangle, and Hindu widows would still burn.