Boston Bombings Suspects' Mother Zubeidat Has Been On The Terrorism Database For The Past 18 Months

Zubeidat started reading and learning about Islam and grew increasingly religious alongside Tamerlan. She quit her job and started doing facials in her own home because she didn't want to work on men any longer. Her sister-in-law, Maret Tsarnaeva, said she was startled by Zubeidat's religious transformation, after noticing she started covering herself with a veil.
"We're not used to seeing her like that because she used to wear high heels and a low dress," Maret said.
Sometime between 2007 and 2009, Zubeidat felt that Tamerlan was "slipping into a life of marijuana, girls and alcohol."
"I told Tamerlan that we are Muslim, and we are not practicing our religion, and how can we call ourselves Muslims?" Zubeidat said. "And that's how Tamerlan started reading about Islam, and he started praying, and he got more and more and more into his religion."
Tamerlan radically transformed as a result. He quit drinking a smoking and even gave up boxing because he said it went against the Islamic religion to punch another man in the face.
The FBI confirmed that they met with Tamerlan under an investigation to extremist ties, however, they didn't find any incriminating evidence against him.
"They came and asked him, what are you doing, what are you up to?" Zubeidat recalled. "They said Tamerlan was an influential lad, he had the personality of a leader and they asked me, 'Don't you have any thoughts that he could organize some kind of group of a terrorist persuasion?' They said they'd seen what kind of videos he'd been looking at. And they told me that they keep young leaders among Muslims under control so there aren't any bombings, so that they don't fall under someone's influence."
Tamerlan is thought to have maintained a YouTube account featuring videos sympathizing with radical Muslims.

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