Dabiq (magazine)
Dabiq (Arabic: دابق) is the title of the monthly online magazine used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS/IS) for propaganda and recruitment.
The magazine was first published in July 2014 in a number of different languages including English. Issue number 1 carried the date "Ramadan 1435" in Islamic Hijri calendar.[1] According to the magazine, its name was taken from the town of Dabiq in northern Syria, which is mentioned in a hadith about Armageddon.[2] According to this tradition, Dabiq is the place where the Muslim and Christian armies will eventually face each other.[1][3]
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 is more concerned with establishing the religious legitimacy of ISIL and its self-proclaimed caliphate, and encouraging Muslims to emigrate there.[4]
On its October 2014 issue, a photoshopped picture on the front story cover titled "The Failed Crusade", depicted IS's jihadi black flag risen atop the Egyptian obelisk at the center of St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.[5] Bosnian imam Bilal Bosnić was also quoted saying: "In time, the whole world will be an Islamic state [...] Our goal is to make sure that even the Vatican will be Muslim".[6] The same issue contained an article titled "The revival (of) slavery before the Hour", which acknowledged the enslavement of female members of the Yazidi sect after overrunning their villages in northwestern Iraq. The article outlined religious justifications for slavery and praised its revival.[7][8][9][10][11]
In February 2015, the BBC reported that Dabiq "listed Christians among IS's main enemies."[12]
Covers[edit]
(Dabiq English language cover titles. Publishing dates in Islamic Hijri calendar, used by magazine, in parenthesis)
| Issue | Cover | Date | Link |
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"The Return of Khilafah" | Ramadan 1435 | [1] |
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"The Flood" | Ramadan 1435 | [2] |
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"A Call to Hijrah" | Shawwal 1435 | [3] |
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"The Failed Crusade" | Dhul-Hijjah 1435 | [4] |
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"Remaining and Expanding" | Muharram 1436 | [5] |
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"Al Qa'idah of Waziristan: A Testimony from Within" | Rabi' Al-Awwal 1436 | [6] |
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"From Hypocrisy to Apostasy: The Extinction of the Grayzone" | Rabi'Al-Akhir 1436 | [7] |
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"Shari'ah Alone Will Rule Africa" | Jumada al-Akhirah 1436 | [8] |
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"They Plot and Allah Plots" | Sha'ban 1436 | [9] |
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"The Law of Allah or the Laws of Men" | Ramadan 1436 | [10] |
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"From the Battles of Al-Ahzāb to the War of Coalitions" | Dhul Qa'Dah 1436 | [11] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fraser, Giles (10 October 2014). "To Islamic State, Dabiq is important – but it’s not the end of the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Dabiq: What Islamic State's New Magazine Tells Us about Their Strategic Direction, Recruitment Patterns and Guerrilla Doctrine". The Jamestown Foundation. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ McCoy, Terrence (16 September 2014). "The apocalyptic magazine the Islamic State uses to recruit and radicalize foreigners". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Dabiq: The Strategic Messaging of the Islamic State" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Bacchi, Umberto (13 October 2014). "International Business Times: Isis magazine Dabiq Threatens 'Rome Crusaders' Flying Islamic State Flag at Vatican on Front Cover". International Business Times. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Steinbuch, Yaron (14 October 2014). "ISIS: ‘The whole world will be an Islamic state’". The New York Post. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Reuters, "Islamic State Seeks to Justify Enslaving Yazidi Women and Girls in Iraq," Newsweek, 10-13-2014
- ^ Athena Yenko, "Judgment Day Justifies Sex Slavery Of Women – ISIS Out With Its 4th Edition Of Dabiq Magazine," International Business Times-Australia, October 13, 2014
- ^ Allen McDuffee, "ISIS Is Now Bragging About Enslaving Women and Children," The Atlantic, Oct 13 2014
- ^ Salma Abdelaziz, "ISIS states its justification for the enslavement of women," CNN, October 13, 2014
- ^ Richard Spencer, "Thousands of Yazidi women sold as sex slaves 'for theological reasons', says Isil," The Daily Telegraph, 13 Oct 2014.
- ^ "Islamic State's position on Christians". BBC News. February 27, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- 2015 – Al-Hayat Media Center – Dabiq 1435: Year of Khilafah: Issues 1 to 4 (Volume 1), ISBN 1512363553
- 2015 – Al-Hayat Media Center – Dabiq 1435: Year of Khilafah: Issues 5 to 9 (Volume 2), ISBN 1512366641