Nusra Front

The bombing in Karrada, Baghdad, on Sunday was one of the deadliest attacks by IS.

OPINION: Why so-called IS chooses to bomb during Ramadan

To the radical mind, if additional prayer and alms giving is encouraged in Ramadan - then why not more bloodshed too? View it that way and you understand precisely the line of reasoning that has given rise to such a grisly and gruesome death toll this year.

July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016
The bombing in Karrada, Baghdad, on Sunday was one of the deadliest attacks by IS.

OPINION: Why so-called IS chooses to bomb during Ramadan

To the radical mind, if additional prayer and alms giving is encouraged in Ramadan - then why not more bloodshed too? View it that way and you understand precisely the line of reasoning that has given rise to such a grisly and gruesome death toll this year.