Global Islamic Media has posted the Ramadan issue of Sawt Al-Jihad [the Voice of Jihad], the monthly al-Qaeda (Group Profile) journal published by ?the al-Qaeda organization in the Arabian Peninsula.? In this issue, two pieces are devoted to extolling the virtues of fighting jihad during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. ?This is the month of prayer, fasting, [religious] activities by night, reading the Koran, and killing the infidels,? warns the letter that opens this month?s issue. ?Ramadan is the month of Jihad and of conquests; most of the great Muslim conquests occurred during this blessed month,? says the author, Sheikh Sa?ud bin Hamood al-Atibi. He tells readers that Ramadan is a month of atonement, of ?exchanging bad deeds for good ones,? and that the biggest sin that a Muslim needs to rectify during Ramadan is neglecting Jihad. He ends his letter with the supplication, ?I ask God to make this Ramadan a month of dignity, honor, victory, and strengthening, to raise during this month the banner of the religion, to dignify Islam and the Muslims, to humiliate polytheism and the pagans, and to raise the banner of Tawhid [monotheism] and the flag of Jihad??

Another article in this issue rallies Mujahideen to intensify their fight during the holy month: ?O people of Jihad, this is your season to fight. Know that your sins will be absolved through jihad and martyrdom.? The author, Sheikh Amr al-Amr, reminds Mujahideen that the rewards for a martyr during Ramadan are greater than at other times of the year, and that it is impossible for a person who is killed during this month to go to hell, ?because the gates of heaven are open and the gates of hell are locked.?