''Rumiyah'' ( ar, رومية, Rūmīyah, lit=Rome) was an
online magazine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer mag ...
used by the
Islamic State
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
(IS) for propaganda and recruitment. It was first published in September 2016 and was released in several languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Uyghur.
The magazine replaces ''
Dabiq'', ''
Dar al-Islam
In classical Islamic law, the major divisions are ''dar al-Islam'' (lit. territory of Islam/voluntary submission to God), denoting regions where Islamic law prevails, ''dar al-sulh'' (lit. territory of treaty) denoting non-Islamic lands which have ...
'' and other magazines that were released until mid-2016. Analysts attributed the change of name partly to the imminent loss of
the town of Dabiq to a Turkish-led military offensive, which occurred in October 2016.
The name ''Rumiyah'' (Rome) was a reference to 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 ...
in which
Muhammed
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...
said that Muslims would conquer both
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...
and
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
in that order.
Like ''Dabiq'', each issue opens with a quote attributed to
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir: "O muwahhidin, rejoice, for by Allah, we will not rest from our jihad except beneath the olive trees of Rumiyah (Rome)."
The first issue was released after the death of IS spokesman,
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, who was featured heavily in the magazine.
In October 2016, Islamic State released the second edition of the magazine in which it justified attacks against non-Muslims, including detailed descriptions of how to carry out knife attacks on smaller groups of people.
In October 2016, ''Rumiyah'' advised followers to carry out
stabbing attacks and argued that jihadists throughout Muslim history have "struck the necks of the
kuffar
Kafir ( ar, كافر '; plural ', ' or '; feminine '; feminine plural ' or ') is an Arabic and Islamic term which, in the Islamic tradition, refers to a person who disbelieves in God as per Islam, or denies his authority, or rejects ...
" (unbelievers) in the name of
Allah with "swords, severing limbs and piercing the fleshy meat of those who opposed Islam". The magazine advised its readers that knives are easy to obtain and to hide and that they make good, deadly weapons where Muslims might be regarded with suspicion.
Issues
See also
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''Dar al-Islam'' (magazine)
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''Konstantiniyye'' (magazine)
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Dabiq (magazine)
''Dabiq'' ( ar, دابق, 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'' its ...
References
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant mass media
Arabic-language magazines
English-language magazines
Online magazines
Magazines established in 2016
Magazines published in Syria
Magazines disestablished in 2017
Defunct magazines published in Syria
Multilingual magazines
2016 establishments in Syria
2017 disestablishments in Syria
Propaganda newspapers and magazines
Indonesian-language magazines
Uyghur-language magazines
Bosnian-language magazines
Pashto-language magazines
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