You need to pray about this and ask for discernment.
Anyone who bows to Mecca is no moderate.
At the least he supports his mosque and the money he gives to the mosque is used to wage jihad .
Again it matters not what people say to your face but what they will do when you turn your back.
I didn’t say he was a moderate. I said he is a moderate muslim as opposed to a radical muslim aka terrorist. Some people see no differences between people in groups. There are always differences.