Have my doubts. If he was a “soldier of the prophet,” why did he engage in high-stakes gambling in the Vegas casinos during the weeks leading up to this morning’s rampage—and supposedly after his conversion?
Then again, Khalid Sheik Mohammend, the 9-11 mastermind, spent lots of time in strip clubs, and so did some of the hijackers who carried out the attacks.
Practitioners of Islam can “sin” and many do. Upon killing a kaffir (non-Muslim) in an act of jihad their sins are “wiped” clean.