It is hard to understand. Is he a muslim or is he a secularist?
He’s secular, but he grew up in a Muslim society. So many of his views are influenced by his Islamic(sort of) upbringing. My wife was born in Shanghai. She’s been an American citizen for 8 years. You wanna talk about culture clash! You haven’t experienced marital confusion until you’ve been yelled at in Mandarin! You’re helpless! But my point is, people who grew up in totally different societies have a different viewpoint than we Westerners have, but it doesn’t make them all bad.
BTW, if you check my previous postings, you’ll find I’m VERY anti-religious Islamic.