National security writer Laura Rozen speculates on Twitter that Misha sounds like "the kind of mole Russia plants to keep [an] eye on emigre communities of concern," and could even be the source that tipped off Russia to Tamerlan's conversion to radical Islam in , which prompted Russia's call to the FBI.
Whoever he is — assuming he exists — Misha's influence over Tamerlan appears to have been profound. Tsarni says that once Misha came on the scene, Tamerlan stopped listening to him and even his own father. Khozhugov, the former brother-in-law, agrees :.
When Misha would start talking, Tamerlan would stop talking and listen. It upset his father because Tamerlan wouldn't listen to him as much He would listen to this guy from the mosque who was preaching to him. Misha reportedly told Tamerlan that music isn't kosher in Islam, so Tamerlan stopped making and listening to music and dropped out of music school. A family member in the United States provided the contact information. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a police shootout Friday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and he could face the death penalty if convicted.
Based on preliminary written interviews with Dzhokar in his hospital bed, U. It has not been clear, however, what those views were. As authorities try to piece together that information, they are touching on a question asked after so many terrorist plots: What turns someone into a terrorist? The brothers emigrated in or from Dagestan , a Russian republic that has become an epicenter of the Islamic insurgency that spilled over from the region of Chechnya.
They were raised in a home that followed Sunni Islam, the religion's largest sect. They were not regulars at the mosque and rarely discussed religion, Khozhugov said. Then, in or , Tamerlan met Misha, a slightly older, heavyset bald man with a long reddish beard. Khozhugov didn't know where they'd met but believed they attended a Boston -area mosque together. Misha was an Armenian native and a convert to Islam and quickly began influencing his new friend, family members said. Once, Khozhugov said, Misha came to the family home outside Boston and sat in the kitchen, chatting with Tamerlan for hours.
Mohammed said this and Mohammed said that. Tamerlan was so much into the conversation he didn't listen. Misha is teaching him to be good and nice.
It upset his father because Tamerlan wouldn't listen to him as much," Khozhugov said. Tsarnaev became an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda, two U. He read Inspire magazine, an English-language online publication produced by al-Qaida 's Yemen affiliate. Tamerlan loved music and, a few years ago, he sent Khozhugov a song he'd composed in English and Russian.
He said he was about to start music school. It's not really good to listen to music," Tamerlan said, according to Khozhugov. Tamerlan took an interest in Infowars, a conspiracy theory website. Khozhugov said Tamerlan was interested in finding a copy of " The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion ," a piece of anti-Semitic literature claiming a Jewish plot to take over the world.
A thirty-nine-year-old man of Armenian-Ukrainian descent, Allakhverdov is of medium height and has a thin, reddish-blond beard. When I arrived he was wearing a green and white short-sleeve football jersey and pajama pants.
Along with his parents, his American girlfriend was there, and we sat together in a tiny living room that abuts the family kitchen. Allakhverdov said he had known Tamerlan in Boston, where he lived until about three years ago, and has not had any contact with him since. He declined to describe the nature of his acquaintance with Tamerlan or the Tsarnaev family, but said he had never met the family members who are now accusing him of radicalizing Tamerlan.
He also confirmed he had been interviewed by the FBI and that he has cooperated with the investigation:. And they said they are about to return them to me. And the agents who talked told me they are about to close my case. An FBI spokesman in Boston declined to comment on an ongoing case. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options.
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