text: I did, and what struck me was precisely " "Probably a Christian, judging from his name", meaning he wasn't talking about actual religious beliefs, but about ethnic origin. Which was compounded by the following "and that Canadian mass murderers are "usually white and Christian". Again, Canadian mass murderers haven't as a rule committed their crimes in the name of their religion, so how is that relevant?
  
  Unless his intent is precisely to use the term not to designate a religious belief, but to create a parallel with the identification of "Muslim" as an ethnic group rather than a religion, so you can accuse critics of "racism".