Frequency approximately monthly | Year founded 2016 | |
Founder Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant First issue September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) Country Syria (under Islamic State) | ||
Rumiyah (Arabic: رومية, Rome) is an online magazine used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for propaganda and recruitment. It was first published in September 2016, and is released in several languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Uyghur.
The magazine replaces Dabiq, Dar al-Islam, and other magazine which 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 is a reference to a Hadith in which the Prophet Muhammed said that Muslims would conquer both Constantinople and Rome, in that order.
Similar to 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 ISIL's 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.