''Dabiq'' ( ar, دابق, Dābiq) was an

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used by the

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(IS) for Islamic radicalisation and

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purposes. It was first published in July 2014 in a number of different languages (including English). ''Dabiq'' itself states the magazine is for the purposes of unitarianism, truth-seeking, migration, holy war and community (''

tawhid Tawhid ( ar, , ', meaning "unification of God in Islam (Allāh)"; also romanized as ''Tawheed'', ''Tawhid'', ''Tauheed'' or ''Tevhid'') is the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam. Tawhid is the religion's central and single m ...

, manhaj,

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'' and '' jama'ah'' respectively).

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''Dabiq'' was published by IS via the

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, 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 Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...

about

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. IS believes Dabiq is where

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and

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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 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ( ar, أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ', ''Father of Musab, from Zarqa''; ; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh (, '), was a Jordanian jihadist who ran a t ...

: "The spark has been lit here in Iraq, and its heat will continue to by Allah's until 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 Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( ar-at, تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, lit=Organization of the Base in the Arabian Peninsula or , ''Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jaz� ...

'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.Salma Abdelaziz. (12 October 2014)
"ISIS states its justification for the enslavement of women"
CNN. IS used its ''Dabiq'' magazine to express its strong opposition to groups including

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Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

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and the

Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( '), is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic studies, Islamic scholar and scho ...

. 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.

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