Not surprising...

The older of two brothers who allegedly bombed the Boston Marathon
earlier this year had “right wing extremist” literature including
information about gun rights and white supremacy.

The BBC program Panorama spent months speaking to friends in attempt
to uncover what might have radicalized Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was
killed by police following the bombing.

In a report published on Monday, the network said that it had learned
that Tamerlan subscribed to publications that promoted white
supremacy. Some articles that were in his possession asserted that the
government was behind both the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

One piece of literature discussed “the rape of our gun rights,” and a
white supremacist document argued that “Hitler had a point.” Other
materials described how mass killers acted calmly while carrying out
their crimes.

BBC also discovered articles about the how U.S. drone attacks kill
civilians and the suffering of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

But people who attended mosque with Tamerlan in Cambridge said that he
had only turned to Islam out of frustration after his boxing career
and attempts at becoming a U.S. citizen failed.

“As far connecting with the Islamic community here, to actually
praying, being involved, doing acts of charity….all of those were
pretty much lacking,” mosque spokesperson Nicole Mossalam explained.

“I would say he was just a Muslim of convenience,” she added.