Last month, the Islamic State released a 31-minute long audio screed calling for more jihadist attacks during Ramadan, which lasts from June 5 to july 5 this year. ASSOCIATED PRESSThe recent terror attack in Orlando, in which a lone gunman pledging allegiance to the so-called Islamic State gunned down 50 people in a gay nightclub, happened just about a week into Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. "Make it, Allah permitting, a month of hurt on the infidels everywhere,” said Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a spokesman for the Islamic State, in his annual speech. This is not a sad coincidence, but part of a deliberate pattern of escalation during this month by extremist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda. Obviously the world's Muslims, full-stop, no qualifying adjective, are by and large the ones fasting, reflecting, and speaking out with clear horror about the Orlando attack.

Source: Huffington Post June 12, 2016 22:30 UTC