Thus, “Ishmael (Islam) the Ax?”
It's odd that a person who would have a name that is hard to pronounce by Americans, would use a Muslim name in it's place.
Remember the opeining lines of Moby Dick:
"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, ... -
It is not like he used Ishmael which is a Jewish , Christian spelling he used Ismail which is a Muslim spelling.
Might not be anything to it,but it should be checked out.