Dabiq (magazine)

Infobox magazine | title = دابقDābiq | image_file = Dabiq-English-number-one.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = The English language edition of Dabiqs first issue "The Return of Khilafah". | category = Online magazine for propaganda | firstdate = | founder = Islamic State | founded = 2014 | publisher = Al Hayat Media Center | finaldate = | finalnumber = 15 | frequency = Variable; on average, one issue was published every 54 days | country = Syria, Iraq | based = Raqqa | language = Arabic, English, German, French Dabiq''' (Dābiq) was an online magazine used by the Islamic State (IS) for Islamic radicalisation and recruitment 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, manhaj, hijrah, jihad and jama'ah respectively). 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.