The most message campaigned was the urgency of the khilafah. This article analyses nine issues of dabiq magazine as a means to explore the strategic. Islamic states isis, isil horrific magazine clarion. Socalled islamic state via the online magazine rumiyah sfu. Isiss propaganda arm, which began publishing dabiq after the groups declaration last summer that it had established a caliphate, uploads the magazine online as an englishlanguage pdf and. Pohlthe fourdimensionsoftheforeignfightersthreatjune2017. Since then further issues of rumiyah have been released on a more or less monthly schedule. As the group has lost nearly all its territory in syria and iraq, some. Since 2014, 15 issues of the magazine have been produced and distributed online in pdf formatthe most recent at the time of writing being in july 2016. The latest edition features an interview with the wife of amedy coulibaly aka abu basir alifriqi, the terrorist responsible for attacks in france that coincide with the attack on the office of charlie hebdo in january 2015.
Overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine dabiq. Pdf qualitative content analysis of images of children in islamic. Is launched a new magazine in its stead named after a place that will be conquered further down the apocalyptic timeline. Dabiq was published by isil via the deep web, although it was widely available online through other sources. Isis propaganda magazine issue 1 the return of khilafah is focused on the declaration of the caliphate and what that means, and talks about isis victories and efforts made to build support among local tribal groups. Using visual framing analysis of all wss 454 images disseminated between january 1 and december 31, 2016, this paper breaks down the images into 8 distinct visual frames that include not only. It offers the field a conceptual framework through which to analyse iss communications strategy and a topdown empirical study of dabiqs contents. The extremely confused land war against isis in syria and iraq continues to grind on, with the current situation trending somewhat against isis in iraq, less so in syria the russian intervention has bought the assad regime at least an improved stalemate, with the assad regime consolidating their position in their western syrian bastion. Professionally produced, it aims to recruit for the islamic state and to show that it is the sole muslim homeland. According to furnish, the overriding purpose of this first issue is to legitimize the new caliphate, motivate the faithful, and reach out to primarily western. Caliphateindeclinean estimateofislamicstatesfinancialfortunes. It offers the field a conceptual framework through which to analyse iss communications strategy and a topdown empirical study of dabiq s contents. But isiss englishlanguage magazine, dabiq, offers a useful study into their pr strategy, especially when compared to al qaedas english magazine, inspire. Issue 15 also offers a feature article titled break the cross, about how islam is the only perfect word of god, a fact which, they believe, jews falsified and christians refuse to accept.
The first issue carried the date ramadan 1435 in the islamic hijri calendar. An analysis of islamic states dabiq magazine haroro j. Unlike previous issues which have primarily been directed at muslim majority societies, this issue is full of propaganda aimed at converting nonmuslims to islam. Daesh dabiq magazine issue 12 shows apparent ied used to bring down russian airliner and covers paris attacks. The cover of this issue conveys a message that highlights the groups interest in expanding its presence on the african continent, where it is courting alqaidas east africa branch, alshabaab. Islamic states englishlanguage magazines, 20142017. Islamic state releases dabiq magazine the return of. An analysis of islamic states dabiq magazine australian institute. Among other things, it calls on all muslims around the world to pledge loyalty to the islamic state and to move there immediately. Dabiq is a small town in northern aleppo, syria, where, according to a wellknown hadith about armageddon, muslims and rome generally interpreted to mean the west will clash.
Dabiq was published according to the lunar calendar, and contains close to twice the number of articles as the first issue. Islam and the islamic states magazine, dabiq politics and religion. The fifteenth issue of the islamic states dabiq magazine is called breaking the cross and is targeted at discrediting christianity and western secularism. The islamic state has dedicated the third issue of dabiq to the topic of hijrah, viewed in the shade of the prophets hijrah as the emigration of muslims from around the world to participate among the forces of the caliphate in the final jihad. All 15 of these, published between june 2014 and july 2016, amounting to more than 900 pages, are examined to assess their authors 1 analysis of the quran 2 use of classical scholarship, and 3 engagement with contemporary readings of islam. The study westliche jugendliche im bann des islamischen staates kiefer et al. Report issues 14, dabiq issues 115 and rumiyah issues 1. Pdf the islamic state isis is infamous for their use of social media and new. He also gives glad tidings that many muhajirin from various regions have reached them and joined their ranks. This study uses teun van djiks critical discourse method to analyze text, cognition and social context in dabiq online magazine, with a locus on the issue of the khilafah.
The immediately following sentence, as tim furnish pointed out, contains the first explicit reference to the mahdi in an issue of dabiq. In the new edition of its fullcolor, glossy magazine. The change in name of isiss flagship english language magazine from dabiq. Islamic state news issues, islamic state report issues 14, dabiq issues 115 and rumiyah issues 1. This collection of primary source materials spans a historical period characterised by extraordinary booms and busts for is that offers valuable insights into the strategic logic of its propaganda, especially how it both. According to the magazine, its name was taken from the town of dabiq in northern syria, which is mentioned in a hadith about armageddon. The issues and events dabiqs authors strategically highlight, repudiate or ignore say a lot about how is thinks it can win supporters, champion its agenda and amplify the impact of its actions.
Isis propaganda magazine issue 2 the flood uses the metaphor of the story of noah to put across a stark message. The islamic state of iraq and syria isiss flagship englishlanguage magazine, dabiq, is a puzzle. Magazine to all muslims in the world, calling them to make hijrah to the regions in which the soldiers of the khilafah are widely present in east asia, and to do so in support of their brothers and in order to establish their state. Dabiq then boasts about the murder of the jordanian pilot by immolation, before going on to give advice for would be leaders within the islamic state. Dabiq itself states the magazine is for the purposes of unitarianism, truthseeking, migration, holy war and community tawhid, manhaj, hijrah, jihad. The dabiq followup magazine rumiyah appears at a time when the is began losing ever. Current estimates suggest that between 20,000 and 30,000 foreign. The dabiq followup magazine rumiyah appears at a time when the is. In its first issue, approximately 7 percent of its images were repurposed. Dabiq issue 8 the seventh issue of the islamic states dabiq magazine is entitled from hypocrisy to apostasy. Isis has just released the latest issue number of its glossy online magazine, dabiq and, in this posting, i want to take a look at a few interesting items. Dabiq is a medium of propaganda, information and apologetics. Islam and the islamic states magazine, dabiq politics.
In what ways does isis depict children in its of cial magazines. Significance of dabiqs title the title of the dabiq magazine series has symbolic meaning. Isis details why we hate you in new magazine fox news. From july 5, 2014 to july 31, 2016, al hayat media centre, the branch of isiss ministry of media which produces material in english, produced fifteen issues of dabiq. All 15 of these, published between june 2014 and july 2016, amounting to more than 900 pages, are examined to assess their authors 1 analysis of the quran 2 use of classical scholarship, and 3 engagement. This paper argues that dabiq appeals to its audiences by strategically designing ingroup identity, other. Islam and the islamic states magazine, dabiq volume 12 issue 1 tim jacoby. The 2016 dabiq offensive was a military offensive and part of the third phase of operation euphrates shield launched by the turkish armed forces and factions from the free syrian army fsa, a syrian rebel group and allied groups, with the goal of capturing the town of dabiq, north of aleppo from islamic state in iraq and the levant isil. On 30 march 2015, daish propagandists were observed distributing links to dabiq, issue 8. What islamic states new magazine tells us about their strategic direction, recruitment patterns, and guerilla doctrine, the jamestown foundation, august 1, 2014. But what dabiqs latest issue doesnt say is just as telling writes haroro j. The magazine is not, despite appearances, primarily designed for direct recruiting efforts or inciting violence against the west.
This article analyses dabiq magazine to explore the strategic logic of islamic state is appeals to englishspeaking muslims. Rita katz, the state departments twitter war with isis is embarrassing, time. Abstractthis article analyses dabiq magazine to explore the strategic logic of islamic state is appeals to englishspeaking muslims. And he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam linked this blessed land. Isil believes dabiq is where muslim and infidel forces will. It was first published in july 2014 in a number of different languages including english.
Issue one of rumiyah was released on september 6, 2016. Isis hermeneutics and organizational fractures within dabiq magazine. Since no further issue of dabiq has appeared since the first issue of rumiyah appeared, it seems. Dabiq was aimed at young people with the intention to radicalize them in the ideology of the is. This magazine was a weekly publication distributed via its. The carter center overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine, dabiq december 20151. It began in september and resulted in the capture of. Overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine, dabiq. Throughout the course of its publication, dabiq has evolved in terms of its thematic content, layout and style.
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