I believe the main driver of jihad is the fear Muslim men have of women with real freedom and power. Hatred of the West is about impotence—the impotence Muslim men feel as they watch the world pull ahead of them. Their masculinity—their alpha status—is threatened. And nothing worries them more than women who are not under their thumbs.

On July 2, 09 the New York Times ran a story that had this:

An Iranian woman called Hanna cried out for freedom this week. According to the NYTimes she posted this on the website of an Iranian opposition candidate:
“I AM ALIVE BUT MY SISTER WAS KILLED. SHE WANTED THE WIND TO BLOW INTO HER HAIR, SHE WANTED TO BE FREE; SHE WANTED TO HOLD HER HEAD HIGH UP AND SAY: I AM IRANIAN. MY SISTER DIED BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIFE LEFT; MY SISTER DIED BEASUE THERE IS NO END TO THE TYRANNY.”

"I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal." ~ Obama, speaking his speak to the Muslim world, June 2009.
Oh, yeah, Obama, well, how was it that women who “choose” to cover their heads were BANNED from an Obama podium during the election? And then howse bout we get to that word “chooses.”