I found dozens of Islamic sites that use the name Ismail and Ishmael interchangeably.
The guy had it written on his arm in red ink...definitely a weirdo, but the link to Islam is pretty evident, IMHO.
I’m not saying he was anything more than a lone whacko, but I do believe he was influenced by Islam. As I said in another post, what “normal” college student uses the words “charlatans” and “debauchery.”
Al-Zawahiri calls Bush a charlatan in this speech:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/29/zawahiri.tape/
and there’s lots of talk of debauchery on Islamic sites...but the debauchery reference might be in used in almost any religious context, but charlatan...who calls people charlatans?
I was actually sort of amused by his choice of the word "charlatan," just because it is a great word that is really descriptive and implies quite a lot. I'd really like to know to what he's referring, but perhaps that will come out later.
As an English major, I would expect that he'd have a good vocabulary, so his word choice isn't surprising to me. Seems apt.
The guy had it written on his arm in red ink...definitely a weirdo, but the link to Islam is pretty evident, IMHO.
I’m not saying he was anything more than a lone whacko, but I do believe he was influenced by Islam. As I said in another post, what “normal” college student uses the words “charlatans” and “debauchery.”
Good points all. He's been here long enough to have become a freelance jihadi. For anti-social types, Islam provides the rationale for mass murder.