“His father added, “Our children were brought up as Muslims, but also as people who respect others no matter what religion they have.””
Well, he did raise a smart kid...smart enough to have recognized that being Muslim means Jihad! Not moderation.
Anyone professing Islam as a moderate religion is simply a liar, and/or self-deceived.
The reality of some kind of “moderate islam” existing is seen in islamic nations where one would expect large outcries of the “moderates” against the excesses of the immoderates.
........(crickets)...........
If he actually did this, it is an affront to Allah.
That teaching violates the fundamentals of the religion as spelled out in the Koran an Hadiths.
Apparently the kid read the Koran, and takes it literally. - Tom