Posted on 04/17/2007 1:10:00 PM PDT by em2vn
He left his father after he lost hope to convert him to the right path, and directed his efforts towards the people of the town, but they rejected his call and threatened him. By Allah, he said, I shall plot a plan to destroy their idols. He knew that a big celebration was coming soon, where everybody would leave town for a big feast on the riverbank. After making sure that nobody was left in town, Ibrahim went towards the temple armed with an ax. Statues of all shapes and sizes were sitting there adorned with decorations. Plates of food were offered to them, but the food was untouched. "Well, why don't you eat? The food is getting cold." He said to the statues, joking; then with his ax he destroyed all the statues except one, the biggest of them. He hung the ax around its neck and left.
(Excerpt) Read more at islamicity.com ...
Nothing to see here. Move along please.
Excellent find IMO
It will be interesting to see whether this ass-clown was a convert to Islam or whether he was nothing more than a murderous psychopath.
If there’s any connection to Islam, watch the MSM smooth it over or ignore it.
Just like they did regarding the multiple shootings at a Salt Lake City mall a few months ago...
Exactly.
I don’t see any other reasonable explanation for the reference. I’d be curious to see what, exactly, is in that suicide note as a whole.
While I’m not ruling out the ROP, I’d like to see the note first. I’m also interested in some other alleged “Islamic” writings that the kid supposedly wrote on his body.
You said — “Nothing to see here. Move along please.”
Well, there’s especially nothing to see on a nutball conspiracy thread. This is about as nutball an idea as the nutball that tried to burn up his room twice, call in the bomb threats last week (that the authorities think he did), that made his girlfriend dump him — and that made him think that he would “show the world” by shooting up a number of classrooms.
Yep, if this nutball was still alive, he would be making speculative comments, like this, on this thread, too....
Regards,
Star Traveler
in James Fennimore Cooper’s story “The Prairie,” the settler Ishmael Bush, who is attempting to escape from civilization, sets out across the prairie with two key tools, a gun and an axe. Each has a symbolic meaning. The axe — which can either kill or provide shelter — stands for both creation and destruction. Given that the VT killer was an English major, might this be the likely meaning of the words on his arm? Just my two cents.
Seems connected. Wonder what was on his puter??
Pray for W and Va Tech
Even if he had "converted" to Islam, his motivation to do so would have been as shallow as his grave, and his commitment near zero.
This guy was just looking for any excuse to hate and kill. The nature of the excuse did not matter.
You said — “I don’t see any other reasonable explanation for the reference.”
Well, that must mean (using the same thinking involved), that I must be one of those space aliens, since I’m called “Star Traveler”. And you know what..., that must prove that aliens have landed and have infiltrated our society, too. I think we should start a thread on that idea...
Regards,
Star Traveler
Sudden Jihad Syndrome? Let the evidence speak for itself, that is if the authorities and media are willing to let it do so.
You said — “Even if he had “converted” to Islam, his motivation to do so would have been as shallow as his grave, and his commitment near zero.
This guy was just looking for any excuse to hate and kill. The nature of the excuse did not matter.”
That is *exactly* right! I posted that very same type of idea on another thread. He would only be looking for an excuse and any excuse would do. It wouldn’t matter. And there is no commitment to whatever the philosophy or idea is. It is as shallow as his grave.
Very well put...
Regards,
Star Traveler
I think I'm on to something here...
Ok, someone help my out here: Ibrahim = Ismial? [sic]
Excellent idea. (I’m an english/econ major) This makes the most sense to me. I’m also interested in the idea that he wrote it on his arm. He may have been calling his arm Ismail’s ax. That he would use the arm for killing or construction. I am surprised about the spelling though—why that particular spelling of Ismail?
Another explanation. From a Hot Air poster:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/17/breaking-abc-news-ids-gunman-as-seung-hui-cho/
Update: A shot in the dark here from reader Ray F., but worth posting since Cho was, after all, an English major and this would be a golden we-told-you-so moment if it pans out:
“You probably already know this, but in James Fennimore Cooper’s story “The Prairie,” the settler Ishmael Bush, who is attempting to escape from civilization, sets out across the prairie with two key tools, a gun and an axe. Each has a symbolic meaning. The axe — which can either kill or provide shelter — stands for both creation and destruction. Given that the VT killer was an English major, might this be the likely meaning of the words on his arm? Just my two cents.”
Whatever you say Star Man. Like I said. Nothing to see here. It was probably just a diversion or the cops planted it. sarcasm off>
Was he an English major or an English literature major?
BLAM!
SLAM!
ISLAM!
It’s obvious that the gunshots were signals that he was a muslim.
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