Boston bomber's wife turned to Islam due to scandals in the Catholic Church

[SecularMotion]

A search for a religion with 'more morals' than the Catholicism she was raised in led Katherine Russell, 24, the widow of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to convert to Islam, her husband's former friend has revealed.

According to the Boston Globe, retiree Donald Larking, 67, commenced an unlikely friendship with Tamerlan in 2011 when the Boston bomber was 25 and his mother Zubeidat Tsarnaev had begun caring for Larking's quadriplegic wife in their home just west of the city.

'She wanted a church with more morals,' Larking told the Globe. 'She felt that a mosque would be a safer place for her daughter to go to nursery school.'

Larking, who is himself a convert from Catholicism to Islam, met Tsarnaev's wife when Zubeidat Tsarnaev returned to Russia last year. When Zubediat left the country for good Katherine Tsarnaev reportedly took over the role of carer to Larking’s wife.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Boston-bombers-wife-turned-to-Islam-due-to-scandals-in-Catholic-Church-219386651.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. A FAIL of Biblical Proportions. nt

[rug]

2. I doubt they could have married had she not converted.

Larking, who is himself a convert from Catholicism to Islam, met Tsarnaev's wife when Zubeidat Tsarnaev returned to Russia last year.

[cbayer]

3. Actually, Muslims are permitted to marry Christians.

At least that is my understanding.

[rug]

4. Doesn't it depend on the particular Muslim branch?

If these brothers were as advertised, marrying a non-Muslim seems inconsistent.

[cbayer]

5. I'm not sure about all the ins and outs of the rules, but it

may vary.

It also can be very easy to convert. You just have to repeat something three times, I think.

[rug]

6. I searched and now I have a headache.

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=2267&CATE=10

http://www.irfi.org/questions_answers/muslim_men_can_marry_nonmuslim.htm

http://answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/mixed_marriage.htm

[cbayer]

7. My daughter did the conversion thing,

but her sincerity level was pretty low.

She's an atheist, so declaring herself a christian would have meant the same thing to her.

Much of this may be determined by what the family wants.

[hrmjustin]

8. I have a friend that converted to Islam and her husband stayed RC, and they are as happy as can be.