“People who do such things are not Muslim,” declared Imam Talal Eid. “That is what the Quran tells me.”

The 61-year-old cleric said the Quran further suggests Tamerlan’s punishment is only just beginning and will be eternal.

“Those who kill innocent people, they will be in hell fire for good,” Eid offers. “There is no chance of parole for them.”

Eid acknowledges that he finds it difficult to speak this way of someone who claims to be a member of his faith.

“But I have to stand for the truth,” he says. “This person is a murderer. He murder people in cold blood.”

Eid sees no justification for such killing.

“I don’t care about their intention or a noble cause,” he says. “A murderer is a murderer. “