I didnt know he was a "Muslim student." When did that become fact?
"OU says Muslim student committed suicide"
Did it say that in the article? If so, I missed it. Yes, that would be an error, so far as I know the known facts.
Someone else pointed out another probable error, a statement saying his roommate was Palestinian. That would be quite a bombshell, if so. However, I haven't seen anything about his roommate being Palestinian, and the name sounds more Pakistani to me. Maybe someone can correct us, but meanwhile I think the author just got it wrong.