It was - all muzzie slaughters are hate crimes.
Allahu Akabar is the identifier here. Anything that ensues after those words are shouted out very definitely qualifies as a crime of passionate hate.
Makes no difference if the targets were of homosexual persuasion, the Koran calls upon its adherents to dispatch ALL infidels.
Islamophobia - it is the ISLAMISTS who are phobic. They all have this unreasoning fear and hatred of things which are not Islamic.