What Im saying is that he was not influenced by the modern day form of Islam most Muslims in modern day society follow. Im not saying he wasnt influenced by a form of Islam, but that it is important to say it was extreme, fundamental Islam.

I did not say he was not a Muslim either, modern day Islam - rather than extreme fundamentalist Islam - does not support the same things and is not in essence a bad thing at all, but that doesnt mean some versions of Islam, such as this one, are not terrible - the two views and ideologies are very different even if they do fall under the same umbrella and I think it is important that they are treated as so

I brought up IS because thats the terror group he pledged allegience to when he did the attack. Its pretty blatant that thats the group that influenced him, which makes it very relevant to your post.