Why does someone that strictly adheres to their faith get called an extremist? Yes, they may be fanatical in their observation of customs, but being fanatical about something be it religion, weight lifting, diet, pulling your pud to Redtube doesn't make you a bad person. Just means you're dedicated.
I'm a Christian, but there is a clear correlation about people mentioning Islam and folks losing their minds acting like they are all ready to commit Jihad on innocent folks.
I can see why Islamic people are so easily pissed off because the narrative is clearly Christians are the goodies and Islam the baddies. It's like saying all Priests are kiddie fiddlers.
Conor knew exactly what he was implying what he did but wasn't brave (stupid) enough to go the full 10 yards because then, some true extremist would've put him in a box!