There were multiple indicators, including the ISIS flag on Shamsud Din Jabbar’s truck after he drove through crowds in New Orleans early New Year’s Day and killed 15, injuring dozens more, of his political and theological persuasions.
For one, authorities report he had wanted to hurt his family but was concerned those actions to distract the media from what he considered more important: the battle between “believers & disbelievers,” a phrase adherents to Islam use to differentiate themselves from others.
But the suspect’s brother now has confirmed that while Shamsud Din Jabbar was “Christian” early in life, he had converted to Islam a long time ago.