The Islamic Monthly

AN AWARD-WINNING, NONRELIGIOUS
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2016 Silver Award of Distinction
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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

Fiqh or Fiction

Abstract (Summary) Islamic leases, or ijarahs, are an example of a securitizable instrument. Because lessors have the r

Islamica | January 24th, 2005

Turning Back to America’s Roots

To Survive, Muslim America Needs to Turn Back to Its Roots in the Black Experience The year 1965 was a turning point in

Murtaza Hussain | April 11th, 2016

WORD INTO ART: ARTISTS OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

Abstract (Summary) ARTISTS OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST By VENETIA PORTER [British Museum Press, 144pp., 2006] THERE ARE M

Islamica | October 4th, 2006

21 Egyptians. Beheaded by ISIS.

On January 3rd, around 2 a.m. in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte, masked gunmen banged on the door of a dormitory for E

Jonathan Rashad | March 4th, 2015

Deconstructing the Hijabi Bride: Even Islam in America is Hegemonic

A few days ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram account when a picture caught me off-guard. Amid a random stream of

Zainab Khan | August 30th, 2013

Countering Anti-Muslim Hate Together

“Why do you want to kill us?” That was written on the banner held by nearly fifty young Muslim schoolchildre

Madihha Ahussain | June 24th, 2015

The Saddam Verdict Victor’s Injustice?

[Headnote] The Saddam trial showed the inadequacy of the legal and political process in Iraq

Islamica | October 4th, 2006

Friedman’s Folly and the Islamophobic Razor

“But we must ask a question only Muslims can answer: What is going on in your community that a critical number of

Michael Vicente Perez | May 15th, 2013

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