He's probably not super religious or you're super progressive. While I respect and appreciate what you said, many many people still think in terms of us and them.
Most Albanian Muslims are not "super religious". His family is about as Muslim as my own family is Catholic (i.e. not very devoutly), but I believe his family's degree of religiosity is pretty much the norm for Albanian Muslims both in Australia and in Europe.
I am definitely not "super progressive".