Dabiq (magazine)

Dabiq
دابق
Cover of the July 2014 issue (The Return of Khilafah) in English
CategoriesOnline magazine
FrequencyVariable; one issue every 54 days on average
FormatJihadist propaganda
CirculationWorldwide (deep web)
PublisherAl-Hayat Media Center
FounderIslamic State
First issue5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)
Final issue31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
CountryIraq and Syria
Based inRaqqa, Syria
LanguageArabic (primarily), English, German, French

Dabiq (Arabic: دابق) was a Raqqa-based online magazine of the Islamic State, published via the deep web from July 2014 to July 2016 (Ramadan 1435 to Shawwal 1437). One of the many forms of Islamic State mass media, it partook in religious outreach to Muslims around the world, ultimately seeking to gain new recruits for the "caliphate" by encouraging Muslims to immigrate to Islamic State territory. In addition to Arabic, the magazine's content was written in a number of different languages, including English. Dabiq described itself as serving the purposes of tawhid, manhaj, hijrah, jihad, and jama'ah. It was named after the town of Dabiq, Syria, which is believed in Islamic eschatology to be the primary location where the Muslims will fight and bring about the fall of Christendom (see Al-Malhama Al-Kubra), preceding the Day of Judgement.

Details

Dabiq was published by IS via the deep web, although it was widely available online through other sources. The first issue carried the date "Ramadan 1435" in the Islamic Hijri calendar. According to the magazine, its name was taken from the town of Dabiq in northern Syria, which is mentioned in a hadith about Armageddon. IS believes Dabiq is where Muslim and infidel forces will eventually face each other, and that after the Crusaders' forces are defeated, the apocalypse will begin. Every issue of Dabiq contained a quote attributed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: "The spark has been lit here in Iraq, and its heat will continue to intensifyby Allah's permissionuntil it burns the Crusader armies in Dabiq".

Harleen K. Gambhir of the Institute for the Study of War considered that while al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's magazine Inspire focuses on encouraging its readers to carry out lone-wolf attacks on the West, Dabiq was more concerned with establishing the religious legitimacy of IS and its self-proclaimed caliphate, and encouraging Muslims to emigrate there. In its October 2014 issue, an article outlined religious justifications for slavery and praised its revival.

IS used its Dabiq magazine to express its strong opposition to groups including Christians, Jews, Hindus, Shia Muslims and the Muslim Brotherhood.

In September 2016, IS replaced Dabiq with another online magazine, Rumiyah (Arabic for Rome), published in English and other languages. Analysts speculated this was due to IS being driven out of the town of Dabiq by the Turkish Military and Syrian Rebels in October 2016. The new title refers to an Islamic prophecy about the fall of Rome.

Issues

Issue Cover title Date (Hijri) Date (Gregorian) Publication frequency
1
"The Return of Khilafah" Ramadan 1435 5 July 2014
2
"The Flood" Ramadan 1435 27 July 2014 22
3
"A Call to Hijrah" Shawwal 1435 10 September 2014 45
4
"The Failed Crusade" Dhul-Hijjah 1435 11 October 2014 31
5
"Remaining and Expanding" Muharram 1436 21 November 2014 41
6
"Al Qa'idah of Waziristan: A Testimony from Within" Rabi' Al-Awwal 1436 29 December 2014 38
7
"From Hypocrisy to Apostasy: The Extinction of the Grayzone" Rabi'Al-Akhir 1436 12 February 2015 45
8
"Shari'ah Alone Will Rule Africa" Jumada al-Akhirah 1436 30 March 2015 46
9
"They Plot and Allah Plots" Sha'ban 1436 21 May 2015 52
10
"The Law of Allah or the Laws of Men" Ramadan 1436 13 July 2015 53
11
"From the Battles of Al-Ahzāb to the War of Coalitions" Dhul Qa'Dah 1436 9 September 2015 27
12
"Just Terror" Safar 1437 18 November 2015 101
13
"The Rafidah from Ibn Saba' to the Dajjal" Rabi'Al-Akhir 1437 19 January 2016 62
14
"The Murtadd Brotherhood" Rajab 1437 13 April 2016 85
15
"Break the Cross" Shawwal 1437 31 July 2016 109

See also


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