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Ideas. >> reporter: he said tamerlan tsarnaev told him he'd quit boxing and listening to mainstream music because misha taught him that in islam it's not good to do those things. asked if he suspected that misha was connected to any terrorist groups -- >> i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas. but i know that they had a lot of conversations about just, you know, islam and how islam is being attacked from the outside from the western countries and how islam is under pressure. >> reporter: asked when tamerlan became a more devout musli...

To do those things. >> what was misha's last name? do you know his full name? >> no, i don't know his full name. i only met him twice and we just shook hands and tamerlan told me this is misha my friend. he is an armenian that converted to islam. that's pretty much hit. i heard them speak to each other, but i didn't listen to misha's words too much because, you know, i don't like talking about religion so much. >> did you ever suspect that misha was connected directly to any terror groups? >> i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas, bu...

Been introduced to him by tamerlan. he said he didn't witness misha actually turning tamerlan into a radical islamist but -- >> but he surely did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion and maybe that is possible that he suggested to him some radical ideas. >> he said tamerlan tsarnaev had told him he'd quit boxing and listening to main stream music because misha taught him in islam it's not good to do those things. asked if he suspected that misha was connected to any terrorist groups -- >> i didn't suspect either ...

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