Simply put, he was enforcing the law as he saw it according to all oaths and pledges he’d ever made: but it was SHARIA LAW.
There’s a strong argument his action was INVOLUNTARY in the purest sense of the word. And that is the best argument why these people should not be in the USA and why they are ultimately UNABLE to abide by our laws. In the truest sense, he was brainwashed. IMHO he should still be held accountable, but by Western standards he may qualify for an insanity plea. If you were told daily the things Muslims are taught about women, from infancy to adulthood...this is what you can expect.
The new term we use is “Koranic Law”, which directly links their bizarre and freaky beliefs to their holy book.
Muslimes hate that.