Ismail Ax: Biblical, Literary, Musical, or Gamertag????

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Written in red ink on the arm of Virgina Tech killer Cho Seung Hui, the two word phrase “Ismail Ax” has inspired more theories than the number of background checks required before he could purchase his 9mm gun. Oh… wait a minute. I mean don’t wait a minute. There were no required background checks and no required waiting period before the known psychiatric hospital patient was able to purchase the weapon he used to kill 32 people.

The leading theories:

Biblical: Abraham, known as Ibrahim in Islam (notice how the Koran has to tweak everything from the Old Testament), smashed all but one statue in a local temple with an ax, in protest that people in his hometown worshiped idols and not Allah. His son Isaac is known as Ismail in the Koran. Perhaps Choo was upset no one seemed to worship him. Or was symbolizing his singular worship for a women with whom he was obsessed.
Literature Theory I: Ismail is spelled Ishmael. In James Fenimore Cooper’s novel “The Prairie,” Ishmael Bush is known as an outcast and outlawed warrior and carries “the prime symbol of evil - the spoiler’s axe.”
Literary Theory II: The enigmatic narrator from Moby Dick is named Ishmael and, though well-educated, spent his time on a a whaling ship.
Musical: Misspelling of Turkish hip-hop artist Ismail YK.
Gamertag: Cho’s nickname on a video gaming site.

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Ismail Ax: Biblical, Literary, Musical, or Gamertag????

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