Abstract
The article analyses a large content of the English-language magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah . They provide a significant amount of content for research on the role of women (mostly Western) in jihadi terrorism. The author attempts to understand the leading themes related to women and girls exploited in these sources. A major objective is to discover and understand the Islamic State's approach towards women and girls, as well as their role in the self-proclaimed caliphate. To reach this goal, quantitative and qualitative content analysis is used. Research confirmed that both magazines contain special sections for women and interviews with female followers. IS has proved to be relatively tolerant of the inconsistence of its ideology. The author acknowledges that the magazines discussed were inconsistent, or rather variant in the application of its message. This is particularly true to the role of women.
Highlights
The article analyses a large content of the English-language magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah
They provide a significant amount of content for research on the role of women in jihadi terrorism
Quantitative and qualitative content analysis is used. Research confirmed that both magazines contain special sections for women and interviews with female followers
Summary
2—Article (3); News (1) 4—Foreword (1); Report (1); Feature (3); Wisdom (1) News (1) 3—Foreword (2); Report (1); The Enemy’ s Words (2) 5—Foreword (1); Statement (3); Article x2 (23); Feature (3); Special (4) 1—Foreword (1). In Issue 9 it was the section From Our Sisters entitled ‘Slave-Girls or Prostitutes?’ (32) that consisted the largest number of keywords It is another Dabiq article that justifies the enslavement of women. In the section From Our Sisters entitled ‘They are Not Lawful Spouses for One Another’ (14) Umm Sumayyah al-Muhajirah, offers advice to women who are married to men that oppose IS (sahwat [50]) This eight-page article offers historical arguments illustrating how women play a significant role in the continued rise of the group. Summarizing the Dabiq content analysis, most words too frequently The article presents this state as natural, in related to women and girls were found in Issue 12 Just Ter- practice, it is an expression of a patriarchal framework and ror —70, the largest number of sections (articles) masculine dominance over women Cover Table of Contents Amongst the Believers are Men Article Breaking News/News Enemy’s Words/ In the Words of the Enemy Fatwa For Women Foreword Feature From Our Sisters Hikmah
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