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DID AN ARMENIAN CONVERT RADICALIZE THE BOMBERS?
The Inquirer, Philly.com, Philadelphia
April 23 2013
POSTED: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 5:53 PM
Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist
Of all the strange aspects of the tragic Boston Marathon story, this
may turn out to be the strangest:
Both Tamarlan Tsarnaev's uncle Ruslan Tsarni, and his former brother
in-law have told the Associated Press that he was radicalized in the
Boston area by a Muslim convert of Armenian origins named Misha. This
happened in 2008 or 2009, after which Tamarlan became an ardent reader
of jihadist websites and gave up writing and playing music, according
to his relatives.
"I heard about nobody else but this convert," Tsarni told AP. "The
seed for changing his views was planted right there in Cambridge."
We all know that converts can be more zealous than those born to a
faith, but an Armenian native who converted to a radical brand Islam?
As the world knows, Armenian Christians suffered their own holocaust
at the hands of Muslim Turks early in the 20th century, during the
break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
AP has been trying to find Misha for several days but no success yet.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trudy-rubin/204362882.html
The Inquirer, Philly.com, Philadelphia
April 23 2013
POSTED: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 5:53 PM
Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist
Of all the strange aspects of the tragic Boston Marathon story, this
may turn out to be the strangest:
Both Tamarlan Tsarnaev's uncle Ruslan Tsarni, and his former brother
in-law have told the Associated Press that he was radicalized in the
Boston area by a Muslim convert of Armenian origins named Misha. This
happened in 2008 or 2009, after which Tamarlan became an ardent reader
of jihadist websites and gave up writing and playing music, according
to his relatives.
"I heard about nobody else but this convert," Tsarni told AP. "The
seed for changing his views was planted right there in Cambridge."
We all know that converts can be more zealous than those born to a
faith, but an Armenian native who converted to a radical brand Islam?
As the world knows, Armenian Christians suffered their own holocaust
at the hands of Muslim Turks early in the 20th century, during the
break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
AP has been trying to find Misha for several days but no success yet.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trudy-rubin/204362882.html