Lets look into Ruslan Tsarni a little before we draft him as the voice of reason when it comes to Islam.

He may be employing Taqiyya (see below). I'm not saying that's the case, but just verify his past.

http://www.islam-watch.org/Warner/Taqiyya-Islamic-Principle-Lying-for-Allah.htm

The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding.” It is employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.

Didn't even see this post. Islam Watch had posted about Taqiyya this morning.

http://www.islam-watch.org/authors/65-khan/1293-al-taqiya--the-art-of-lying-and-deceiving-in-islam.html

I love it. If he denounces Islam, he's employing taqiyya.

Isn't it possible that he's lying?

Shouldn't we complete due diligence of his family before making any declarations of them pro or con?

Oh, I see. Americans are allowed to be accepted at their word, but because he's from Chechnya, nothing he says can be taken as sincere.

I doubt he is truly going to demonize Islam on national (if not worldwide) television for the sake of Taquiya.

"because he's from Chechnya, nothing he says can be taken as sincere"

Either that or because he pretended to be a decent human being but slaughtered and maimed people with his cowardly bombing attack.

Maybe that's it.

"Oh, I see. Americans are allowed to be accepted at their word, but because he's from Chechnya, nothing he says can be taken as sincere."

Who said that? Don't see that here anywhere? Must be another post.

Autoplay commercial attached to video. That's...very anti-social.

Maybe we can take him at his word. But somehow the shock and denial of the other families seems more sincere. It seems like a more realistic reaction to finding out your relative who you loved was totally psycho.

Or maybe being from a different branch he really did always scorn this one.

I gotta say I DO question the integrity of a guy who effectively says "Yeah I always hated those losers" about his family... it does feel a bit like he's covering his ass.

But I've never had a family member go nuts so who knows how I'd react.

Uncle Ruslin is in a lose-lose situation. He condemns his nephews as losers and we doubt his sincerity, and suspect he might be distancing himself from his family to cover his own ass (and who could blame him?)

But if he took their side, tried to justify or excuse their actions, said he doesn't believe they did it or said they were falsely or mistakenly accused, what would we think of him then? More taqiyya?

I think I'll cautiously take Uncle Ruslin at his word (benefit of the doubt and all that) I like his response - the way he said it - when asked if he was ashamed: "Of course we're ashamed! Yes we're ashamed! They are children of my brother!" - as if he truly felt ashamed. Just taqiyya? I think a Muslim would be more inclined to employ taqiyya as a strategy to deflect shame, rather than accept it.

But who cares what Uncle Ruslin says anyway? Unless he's collaborating with terrorists or politicians, he doesn't really make much difference.

Interesting article about taqiyya:

http://www.islam-watch.org/Warner/Taqiyya-Islamic-Principle-Lying-for-Allah.htm

They were interviewing another uncle in the Maryland area. What little was caught on video was also in the nature of disavowing the relatives as well.

My family had some very black sheep. They are known about by everyone in the family in a general sense, but no talks to or about them that much.

Side note: Amy or Gregg, please edit the link so it doesn't autoplay. Very irritating and wastes bandwidth.

I second the anti-social thing.
Nothing more aggravating than a video that plays by itself.
If I want to watch a video, I know how to click on a 'play' button, thank you very much.

I see nothing odd about his ability to denounce his nephews and call them losers. He does defend his brother, which makes sense, as he was probably much closer to his brother. I would find it a little weird to hear a father denounce his sons so quickly, but an uncle who wasn't close seems like exactly the person you'd expect to call a loser a loser. Maybe my uncles are weird?

Well, since he's a Muslim, you know, that automatically makes him evil, so if he says something we agree with, he's only lying to cover his ass. And if he says something evil, he's just showing his true colors.

Must spend the rest of my life in fear of someone, you know.

Micheal Moore's take on it:

A major American city is on "lockdown", an entire population "in fear". Of one teenager. #justsayin #courageeveryone

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 19, 2013

Somehow I just can't consider a bomber just a "teenager".

"Somehow I just can't consider a bomber just a "teenager"."

This is how terror works. Walking around, this guy would be deadlier with a Ruger .22 pistol, but now he has Godlike status for having put something in a pressure cooker and setting it off.

If you don't have the will, you can't confront him. Those are the people who call those icky police for everything.

Fear. Buy more. You don't have enough. Tune in right now to hear how your neighbor kid can do the exact same thing!

Fear. Buy more. You don't have enough. Tune in right now to hear how your neighbor kid can do the exact same thing! -- Radwaste at April 23, 2013 3:27 PM

Oh, I know, my neighbor kid could do it.

But is Michael Moore responsible for his own security? Does he have body guards? Yes, he can then get away with calling the kid a kid.

But if he is like the majority of citizens in the Boston area, unarmed and a supplicant to the the local LEOs -- then the kid was a terrorist.

Just as a bully is a threat to you when alone, but in a crowd of your favorable to you is just another person.