Considering that the story said it was "...a civil dispute between current and former leaders of a local mosque..." then I'd say it's a safe bet that both parties are Muslim.
Yeah, that was Step One.
Guess what Step Two is?
I was responding to something general said by someone, not the article itself. In other words, please follow that conversation if you really want to know what we were talking about before pointing out the obvious as if I missed that. Thank you.