E. He wants his children left alone
Did you see the look on his face when someone brought up his children?
I’m inclined to give the uncle a break on this, he knows how things were done in the old country. If he’s looking out for his own akin and that of his family, nothing wrong with that. As long as he didn’t aid/abet or do jihad himself, what would any of us do in his place but deny and distance ourselves from madness?