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Report: 'Misha,' said to have steered elder Boston bombing suspect to
stricter Islam, lives in RI
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Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island)
April 29, 2013 12:44 am
By Maria Caporizzo
A figure family members say steered the elder Boston bombing suspect
toward a stricter version of Islam has been identified by The New York
Review of Books as a man living in Rhode Island.
The Associated Press reports family members have said Tamerlan
Tsarnaev was religiously apathetic until 2008 or 2009, when he met a
conservative Muslim convert known to the family only as "Misha."
In a post on its website Sunday night, The New York Review of Books'
Christian Caryl writes, "Today I was able to meet 'Misha,' whose real
name is Mikhail Allakhverdov. Having been referred by a family in
Boston that was close to the Tsarnaevs, I found Allakverdov at his
home in Rhode Island, in a lower middle class neighborhood, where he
lives in [a] modest, tidy apartment with his elderly parents."
Caryl writes that Allakhverdov confirmed that he had known Tamerlan
but denied any role in the marathon bombings.
"I wasn't his teacher. If I had been his teacher, I would have made
sure he never did anything like this," Caryl quotes Allakhverdov as
saying.
The AP reports two U.S. officials say investigators have not found a
connection between Misha and the Boston attack or terrorism in
general.
From: Baghdasarian
stricter Islam, lives in RI
Breaking News
Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island)
April 29, 2013 12:44 am
By Maria Caporizzo
A figure family members say steered the elder Boston bombing suspect
toward a stricter version of Islam has been identified by The New York
Review of Books as a man living in Rhode Island.
The Associated Press reports family members have said Tamerlan
Tsarnaev was religiously apathetic until 2008 or 2009, when he met a
conservative Muslim convert known to the family only as "Misha."
In a post on its website Sunday night, The New York Review of Books'
Christian Caryl writes, "Today I was able to meet 'Misha,' whose real
name is Mikhail Allakhverdov. Having been referred by a family in
Boston that was close to the Tsarnaevs, I found Allakverdov at his
home in Rhode Island, in a lower middle class neighborhood, where he
lives in [a] modest, tidy apartment with his elderly parents."
Caryl writes that Allakhverdov confirmed that he had known Tamerlan
but denied any role in the marathon bombings.
"I wasn't his teacher. If I had been his teacher, I would have made
sure he never did anything like this," Caryl quotes Allakhverdov as
saying.
The AP reports two U.S. officials say investigators have not found a
connection between Misha and the Boston attack or terrorism in
general.
From: Baghdasarian