I still say their could be an islam element here. Maybe not from Islamos from the ME but I bet his cumputer shows he visited a lot of islamo hate the US websites. I would also be curious if there a Ismail Ax screen name at DU.
I still think he was a wannabe jihadist who wasn’t really muslim but liked the program.
http://english.bayynat.org.lb/Messengers/pibrahim.htm
When he reached the temple, Ibrahim went to the idols, saying with mockery {What! do you not eat?}(As-Saaffat: 91). And since these idols were speechless they did not reply, then he heaped them up with an ax and turned them into small pieces and left the chief idol with the ax in his hand and then left the temple. ....
Sarah was a barren old woman and Ibrahim wanted to have a son. So, he called Allah to bestow upon him a pious son and Sarah felt what was in his mind. She asked him to marry his female slave Hajar, perhaps Allah would endow him with a son. In deed Ibrahim got married to Hajar and was blessed with a son whom he named Ismail (Ishmael). ....
Ibrahim did not forget his son, but kept visiting him from time to time. Once Ibrahim dreamed that Allah was commanding him to slaughter Ismail, and Ibrahim decided to carry out this divine command. So, he put forth this to his son to test his faith. Ismail agreed and told him to do whatever he is commanded to do and that he will be loyal and content.
As they both surrendered to Allah’s fate and divine decree, Ibrahim began to slaughter him from his nape but the knife did not cut. Miraculously, Allah (swt) redeemed him with a great slaughtering (ram), and so Ibrahim passed Allah’s test with flying colors .