The Islamic Monthly

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2017 Silver Award of Distinction
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The magazine was co-founded and run by three American Muslim women in 2010 inspired by the publication's former magazine, Islamica. The magazine successfully printed bi-annullly from 2011-2018 with daily digital content and exclusive interviews in the form of print, audio and visual stories. The magazine's core principle was to allow for a space for stories of all kinds related to American Muslims, while striving for abiding by ethical journalism. Despite it's many successes, including a number of exclusive interviews and having articles referenced in mainstream press in America often, and challenges the magazine could not sustain itself or find the proper funding to continue publishing. It never officially shuttered but stopped active publishing in 2018.

This site is archived. The homepage below will select articles at random for your viewing. The previous print issues are also available for your viewing.

The Unpredictable Nation: America In the Age of Trump

WINTER/SPRING 2017

Are American Muslims The Pivotal Hot Button Issue This Election?

SUMMER/FALL 2016

Mass Movement to Nowhere

WINTER/SPRING 2015-2016

Racism Changes

SPRING/SUMMER 2015

New Perspectives on America's Muslims

FALL/WINTER 2014

Will America Ever Move Past Racism?

SPRING/SUMMER 2014

New Faces of America: Leaders, Politicians and Entrepreneurs

FALL 2013

What if Obama Wins? Loses? What’s at Stake for Muslims?

FALL 2012

Radioactive Muslims: American Muslims as Outsiders

WINTER/SPRING 2012

The Revolution or Evolution of the East

SUMMER/FALL 2011

2011 and Reflections on the Past Year

2011

Featured Pieces

Welcome to Wonderland

Visiting Kashmir was like slipping down the rabbit hole. Like Alice, who was surprised by talking birds and beasts in Wo

Farhana Qazi | March 3rd, 2014

Pakistan’s Military

Analysts today are skeptical about the possibility that Pakistani political parties – which have done little to pr

Saeed Shafqat | June 17th, 2012

Understanding Tradition

[Headnote] Tradition can mean many things to many people, but to the mainstream community of believers its meaning is bo

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

The World of Islamic Fiction

Ever heard of Na’ima B. Robert or Randa Abdel-Fattah? Most people have not, but these women, along with a few othe

Saadia Faruqi | December 29th, 2016

Fear, Loathing, and Misinformation in San Bernardino

Those paying attention could pretty much read the minds of Western Muslims as police in California’s San Bernardin

Steven Zhou | December 3rd, 2015

Cartoonists React to Charlie Hebdo

Edited and compiled by: TIM Features Editor Yasmine Hassan In the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo in France, a narra

The Islamic Monthly Staff | January 19th, 2015

Refugees and Prejudice in the Age of Trump

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on refugees has called to mind comparisons with the Franklin D. Roosevelt admin

Max Paul Friedman | March 3rd, 2017

How to Build a Mosque in America and Watch it Burn to the Ground: Bellevue, Washington Edition

By Arshad Ahmad, as told to TIM Editors. On January 14, a community member called me around 2:50 a.m. to let me know our

The Islamic Monthly Staff | March 8th, 2017

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