[concerned about politics]

This means he is Islamic, but there's that little meaning of the word "is."
Was he Islamic back then that was the "is" then, or "is" he Islamic that is the "is" now?
Therefore, he must be an Islamic maybe not.

[demosthenes the elder]

ARRRRGH! I had hoped to never again hear a "what 'is' is" discussion, you merciless sadist!