Prayer knows no religion.
The Story of the failure of the Tsarnaev family to completely assimilate into the U.S. culture is nothing new. Even American’s born on this soil can have problems coping with the freedoms we have in the U.S. Tamerlan Tsarnaev could have stayed in Russia after his 2012 visit before he chose to return home. Aside from the fact that he had a wife and daughter in the U.S., Tamerlan chose to return to the country that insures freedom of religion in the first amendment and freedom to arm yourself in the second amendment.
Religious repression
Russia has no real safeguards for protecting religion, speech or the right to bear arms. People who grew up under the repressive regime of the old Soviet Union and its successor Russia are more comfortable with the restrictions on their human rights. People like Tamerlan Tsarnaev who have tasted the freedom of America have a difficult time relinquishing the laissez-fair nature or our society.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev didn’t return to the U.S. to bomb us.
Passion for freedom
We have an unprecedented level of freedom in the U.S. to live our religious faith, buy boat loads of guns, go to college, marry almost anyone you want and assemble bombs. The elevation of the second amendment to near Biblical proportions illustrates the fierce belief of freedom and independence that is America. For better or worse, it is this autonomy, the freedom to chart your own course free of government repression that makes both native and immigrant so passionate about the United States.
Conservative endorses spying from fear
House of Representative Peter King (R-NY) suggests that if the Russian’s would have shared more information about the Tamerlan’s visit to Russia with the FBI then perhaps the Boston bombings would have prevented. Does King understand the surveillance the Russian’s employ on their residents that identify as Muslim is in direct conflict with our Bill of Rights? Does King believe the U.S. should become a totalitarian spy agency like Russia?
Freedom to fail
The very fear that paranoid supporters of the second amendment have is espoused by the Republican congressman; an overly aggressive central government spying on their citizens. Tamerlan Tsarnaev didn’t fully comprehend that the freedoms we enjoy in this country also pose the greatest challenges to success. He exploited our freedoms to create terror in the streets on behalf of a cause that he couldn’t pursue in Russia.
Religious suspicion
As a Muslim, he is immediately under suspicion in Russia. Russia has in part created their own Muslim insurgency in Chechnya because of their irrational allegiance to the Russian Orthodox Church. All followers of Islam, or any other religion or denomination, are suspect to the Russian government
No religious spy agency
We will never know if better information sharing between the U.S. and Russia could have prevented the Boston marathon bombings. What is certain is that Americans value their freedom of religion and don’t want the government to become a paranoid spy agency.