Dabiq (magazine)

Dabiq
دابق‎

Cover of the July 2014 issue (The Return of Khilafah) in English
Categories	Online magazine
Frequency	Variable; one issue every 54 days on average
Format	Jihadist propaganda
Circulation	Worldwide (deep web)
Publisher	Al-Hayat Media Center
Founder	Islamic State
First issue	5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)
Final issue	31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
Country	Iraq and Syria
Based in	Raqqa, Syria
Language	Arabic (primarily), English, German, French

Dabiq (Arabic: دابق) was a Raqqa-based online magazine of the Islamic State, published via the deep web from July 2014 to July 2016 (Ramadan 1435 to Shawwal 1437). One of the many forms of Islamic State mass media, it partook in religious outreach to Muslims around the world,^[1] ultimately seeking to gain new recruits for the "caliphate" by encouraging Muslims to immigrate to Islamic State territory.^[2] In addition to Arabic, the magazine's content was written in a number of different languages, including English.

The magazine was named after the town of Dabiq, Syria, which is believed in Islamic eschatology to be the primary location where the Muslims will fight and bring about Nabi Isa (AS) and the fall of The Anti Christ Dajjal (see Al-Malhama Al-Kubra), preceding the Day of Judgement.