It’s my understanding that his father and relatives in Kenya were Shia. Just because Djakarta was mainly Sunni, it does not mean that there were no shia there. Look at Iraq and Syria.
I think Sunni explains his actions in the ME better. He has to know that giving Iran nukes is a death sentence for Iran, unless he plans to have them nuked up and deliverable while he is still in office so that he can put the Navy to join in the attack on Israel.