User blog comment:ConnorKenwayRatonhnhaké:ton/How do you think Desmond's story will end?/@comment-4435191-20120726094136/@comment-5336493-20120726181731

Al Mualim sort of had hints that he is a Templar, or something is off. And also, he was the leader of the Assassin's, so him being revealed as a Templar sort of had a bigger impact, rather than Ahmet. I did not feel it would make much difference if he was a Templar.