A call to islamic states enemies as the caliphate crumbles dr. Inspire charles vallee, research assistant, ict summer 2015 the views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the international institute for. Some of that endowment has been funneled into the production of its own magazine, dabiq. Isis publishes an english language recruiting magazine, entitled dabiq, and its issue 15 is subtitled, break the cross. Changes and stabilities in the language of islamic state. This paper provides a quick reference guide to iss englishlanguage magazines released between june 2014 and september 2017 examining key themes and propaganda strategies deployed across three issues of islamic state news, four issues of islamic state report, fifteen issues of dabiq and thirteen issues of rumiyah. Arabian peninsulas digital magazine, inspire, and the islamic states digital. Overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine dabiq. Islamic state news issues, islamic state report issues 14, dabiq issues 115 and rumiyah issues 1. So, in the interest of understanding just what makes these violent lunatics tick, i read through 700plus pages of this oddly wellputtogether propaganda and learned. Since dabiq is a tool of islamic state propaganda, it is useful to use the conceptual. In all of their magazines, i have yet to see a woman. Together, these constituted what the magazine called blessed.
After the fall of dabiq to liberating forces, isil found itself needing more and more to get itself out of its dabiq predicament by publishing a new magazine with a new name, said mazen zaki, director of the new media department at egypts. It rejoiced, too, in the downing of a russian airliner 224 dead, picturing the homemade bomb it said caused the crash. Dabiq itself states the magazine is for the purposes of unitarianism, truthseeking, migration, holy war and community tawhid, manhaj, hijrah, jihad. What islamic states new magazine tells us about their strategic direction. As as2620150318103157hmtg114as26wstatevotelusaj20150318. 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. It was first published in july 2014 in a number of different languages including english. Isis magazine s latest issue reveals why we hate you.
I always feel like im being added to a list whenever i click on a dabiq link, but i think its important for understanding their ideology. 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. Namely, we first automatically detect three types of entities person, location, organization in each article for fifteen dabiq issues. Based on a sentiment analysis of the textual content of these magazines, it was found that.
English language magazines promoting jihadism arent new. This article analyzes how the islamic state is employs organization impression management in the imagery it displays in its official outreach magazine, dabiq. However, dabiq is published more frequently than inspire. This study explores how extremist groups use propaganda as a form of strategic communication. Islamic states englishlanguage magazines, 20142017. Together these magazines form 446 pages worth of pdf material. In this same section, the islamic state also condemns aqap leader harith bin. A window into the ideology of the islamic state itself is the online magazine dabiq, freely available to anyone who has access to the worldwide web. The state of terror, this time to discuss media and isis from the other direction. Therefore, we examine the dabig magazine to discover propagandist elements by performing natural language processing nlp and text mining methods.
Its an actual glossy, fullcolor magazine called dabiq, complete with feature articles and photo spreads. 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. It is a direct attack on christians, christianity, and christian theology. An analysis of islamic states dabiq magazine haroro j. This backgrounder will examine the contents of the first issue of dabiq in detail, explaining the significance of this strategic messaging approach by isis in conjunction with the announcement of a. The carter center overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine, dabiq december 20151 executive summary the successful recruitment strategies of the selfproclaimed islamic state of iraq and syria2 daesh has become a serious challenge for the international community. Jni media the july 2016 issue of dabiq, the online magazine of the islamic state of iraq and syria isis, has hit virtual newsstands this week.
After identifying categories of narrative intent, data analysis. Abstractthis study applies the semiautomated method of sentiment analysis in order to examine any quantifiable changes in the linguistic, topical, or narrative patterns that are present in the englishlanguage islamic stateproduced propaganda magazines dabiq 15 issues and rumiyah 10 issues. Daesh dabiq magazine issue 12 shows apparent ied used to. The edition of dabiq, the online magazine of the islamic state is, that followed the horrific paris attacks dead glorified the work of what it called the eight knights who carried out the killings. Relevant here in terms of ambitions and prophecies of conquest. In this episode of the making sense podcast, sam harris reads from the latest issue of dabiq, the magazine of isis, and discusses the beliefs and goals of jihadists worldwide.
There are a range of messaging trends and strategies that dabiq 15 shares with previous issues of the magazine for analyses of earlier dabiq issues see here. Isis magazine calls on militants to break the cross. Well it is apparent that women have no place in their world. Its fifteen issues were published between 5 july 2014, the date of. The average number of pages is 61, which is slightly less than the average number of pages of inspire. Inspire and islamic states dabiq magazines, the publi. The first issue of isiss dabiq magazine, published in july 2014, outlined a five step pro cess that includes. Daesh dabiq magazine issue 12 shows apparent ied used to bring down russian airliner and covers paris attacks. The title of the dabiq magazine series has symbolic meaning. Significance of dabiq s title the title of the dabiq magazine series has symbolic meaning. Dabiq dabiq the islamic states isis, isil, daesh magazine. Isis propaganda magazine issue 2 the flood uses the metaphor of the story of noah to put across a stark message.
On 30 march 2015, daish propagandists were observed distributing links to dabiq, issue 8. The dabiq followup magazine rumiyah appears at a time when the is began losing ever larger. It is a magazine written in english and targeted at the western muslim audience. The dabiq followup magazine rumiyah appears at a time when the is began losing ever larger parts of its former territories in iraq and syria and as signs of structural disintegration are appearing. We employ a quantitative content analysis of all 1,317 photographic. But isiss englishlanguage magazine, dabiq, offers a useful study into their pr strategy, especially when compared to al qaedas english magazine, inspire. The twitter isis folk are usually spamming just the link to the pdf itself, which can be found on the left. Islam and the islamic states magazine, dabiq volume 12 issue 1 tim jacoby. Islam and the islamic states magazine, dabiq politics. Similar to other outlets of its ilk, it is circulated as a pdf file, that is, laid out like a traditional print magazine, but disseminated primarily through digital channels. Although the previous definition of ca does not sound particularly complex. Dabiq 15 opens with a full page advertisement for its alfurqan produced video. Overview of daeshs online recruitment propaganda magazine, dabiq.
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