"If we die while fasting for the sake of Allah, we will go to heaven," a 26-year-old Islamic fighter, Abdi Yusuf, told The Associated Press by telephone. "So there is no reason why we shouldn't intensify the fighting."
During Ramadan, Muslims are expected to abstain during daylight hours from food, drink, smoking and sex, to focus on spiritual introspection. But the Islamists' spokesman Abdirahin Issa Adow said fighters have "decided to redouble attacks against the Ethiopians and their stooges during the holy month of Ramadan," which began this week.
He said the Ramadan attacks do not violate the Quran because his fighters are battling "enemies of Allah."
Remember when our American Left told us in the opening weeks of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 that we had to halt our attacks during Ramadan to show our religious sensitivity?
As it turns out, any time is a good time to kill infidels. Yet Ramadan remains a special time for the jihadis to kill.
In fact, it was only America's Left that believed that line. Although to be fair, for our Left and the defense of our nation, Ramadan lasts the whole year.
