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.....a man identified only as Misha, a friend whom Tamerlan knew through a local mosque. Misha is described as:

a bald,.. red-bearded,.. 30-year-old Armenian convert to Islam.... who “claimed to be an exorcist who is fighting with demons.”

Tamerlan’s uncle, the famously pissed off Ruslan Tsarni, as well as Tamerlan’s former brother-in-law Elmirza Khozhugov, say Misha’s teachings took a hold over the deceased terror suspect:

“When Misha would start talking, Tamerlan would stop talking and listen. It upset his father because Tamerlan wouldn’t listen to him as much,” Khozhugov said. “He would listen to this guy from the mosque who was preaching to him.”

Anzor became so concerned that he called his brother, worried about Misha’s effects.

“I heard about nobody else but this convert,” Tsarni said. “The seed for changing his views was planted right there in Cambridge.”

(Lost the site address, but there are others saying same out there if googled)

Alvi Tsarnaev told The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News that his nephew phoned him Thursday night for the first time in about two years.

The call came at 7 p.m., just a couple of hours before Tamerlan was shot dead.

“He said, ‘I love you and forgive me,’ “ said Alvi Tsarnaev, who lives in Montgomery Village, Md.

“We were not talking for a long time because there were some problems,” he said, without elaborating. “We were not happy with each other.”

They spoke for about five minutes, he said. Tamerlan, who is Muslim, started out by saying, ‘Salam Aleikum,’ an Arabic greeting meaning “peace on you.” He then praised his uncle for keeping up with his Muslim prayers.

They talked about family and Alvi said: ‘I told him I was praying to Allah, not drinking, not smoking, and he told me he was happy,’ he said. ‘He was asking, “Did you pay your mortgage?” I told him I was trying to pay. I asked him what he was doing. He said, “I fix cars, I got married, got a baby.”

The photo essay also reveals that Tsarnaev had a half-Italian, half-Portuguese girlfriend who had converted to Islam, that he drove a Mercedes and loved the movie ‘Borat.’

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Uncle not paying his rent and drives a Mercedes?!

Welcome to America! /s