No, he is African American.
Kashod is also apparently a word which appears in the original text of the book of Joel in the Old Testament. If he isn't Muslim, then his family probably heard a preacher expounding on the book of Joel and didn't get the spelling quite right.
Calvin, Commentary on Joel, Part 3
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/m.sion/cvjoe-03.htm