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Dawlat al-Islam Qamat (Arabic: دَوْلَة اُلْإِسْلَامِ قَامَتْ, lit. 'The Islamic State Has Been Established'), also known by its English name My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared (Arabic: أُمَّتِي قَدْ لَاحَ فَجْرٌ, romanized: Ummatī qad la-hā fajrūn), is an Islamist jihadi nasheed (chant) which became an unofficial anthem of the Islamic State. It was released in December 2013 and soon became their most popular nasheed. The American magazine The New Republic referred to it as the most influential nasheed of 2014.

The chant is a capella apart from sound effects of a sword being unsheathed, feet stomping, and gunfire. It was produced by the Ajnad Media Foundation [ar], which produces most Islamic State anasheed. The nasheed has also been used by the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram to accompany speeches.

See also

• Salil al-Sawarim, another chant commonly used by IS
• This Is the Home of the Brave, Pashto-language anthem of the Taliban

References

1. ^ Marshall, Alex (9 November 2014). "How Isis got its anthem". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
2. Gardner, Simon R. (31 December 2014). "The Islamic State Produced the Most Influential Nasheed of the Year". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
3. Beese, Yorck (2024). The Film of the Islamic State: The Cinefication of Jihadi Video. Springer Nature. p. 377. ISBN 9783658445553.
4. Hoffman, Adam (2016). "The Islamic State's Use of Social Media: Terrorism's Siren Song in the Digital Age" (PDF). The Institute for National Security Studies: 100. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

External links

A film clip Ummati Qad Laha Fajrun is available for viewing at the Internet Archive

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