It is shocking how Ismaili spokesmen have become apologists for Islamist terror. One would think that an Islamic sect that had know persecution and terror at the hands of the theocrats and imams who today direct mayhem at the West, would be the first to set distance between themselves and the holy killers, but that has not happened. Instead we get rationalizations and minimization of the issue. 
My take is that their position in the wider Muslim Ummah is too marginal for them to stand up and speak without fear of fatwa and persecution, from Saudi or Pakistan based Islamic teachers and followers.
This self censorship makes many Ismailis poor advisers for non-Muslims who wish to understand the challenges of Islamism, Wahabbism and Jihadi violence for our nations future. You want to understand that, talk to a Salafi - there you will learn.