re: Has anyone waded into the history of the terrorists surname?

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Jabbar was a quiet kid in school growing up, belonging to a Muslim family that had strict rules about schoolwork, according to Edmond Dean, who said he was a childhood friend of Jabbar’s in Beaumont, where they grew up. Dean described Jabbar as “really smart” with high scores on standardized tests.

Jabbar’s parents divorced when they were still in school and Jabbar joined a local Christian church, Dean said.

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Abdur Jabbar, 24, told The New York Times that he was a brother of the suspect, and that his brother was smart, caring and converted to Islam at a young age.

“But what he did does not represent Islam,” said the younger Jabbar. “This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.” The current spouse of Jabbar’s ex-wife also told reporters outside of their home in Houston on Wednesday that Jabbar had been practicing Islam and begun to behave erratically, The New York Times reported.

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