from a blog somewhere.....not mine..
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I believe "Ismail ax" is a warped reference to the old testiment/koran story of Ismail, the son of Ibrahim. As I understand the story goes in the Muslim faith, Ibrahim, after recieving the truth from Allah, entered a temple in Babylon with an ax and destroyed the stone and wooden idols worshipped by people. If I had to guess, I'd say that the Va. Tech killer used the term "Ismail Ax" as a statement that he was carrying out his own sick view of the truth. I venture to guess that his use of the term are nothing more than the ravings of a madman; it certainly had nothing of substance to do with the Muslim faith
****My uninformed opinion only...do your own due diligence****