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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

A Heaven in Hawaii

Heiress Doris Duke spent 60 years and millions of dollars creating her Oahu hideaway.

Sheila O'Connor | April 6th, 2009

Interview: Mohammed Yahya

Hip-Hop: Common Links: Mohammed Yahya on Hip-Hop, Islam and the Power of Music THE ISLAMIC MONTHLY: I read that you stud

Michael Vicente Perez | June 17th, 2012

Unimaginable to Me

[Headnote] The Mind of a Suicide Bomber By DANIEL ABDAL-HAYY MOORE

Islamica | November 29th, 2005

POLL: Will Donald Trump skip his scheduled press conference Jan. 11?

President-elect Donald Trump held his last news conference July 27 while the Democratic National Convention was in

The Islamic Monthly Editors | January 4th, 2017

Bombs and Art in Beirut

While bombs and rockets fall in Lebanon, so does the artistic embrace of talented youth in the country. One need not go

Amany Al-Sayyed | July 9th, 2013

The Politics of Religion in American Public Schools

By Usra Ghazi and Benjamin P. Marcus Every year in August and September, millions of American children return to their c

Usra Ghazi | September 28th, 2018

Benedict XVI and Islam

[Headnote] Recent anti-Islam public statements by Pope Benedict XVI have incited emotions among Muslims. In this article

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

Iran is an Ally for America Against ISIS

On June 7, ISIS claimed responsibility for a pair of terror attacks that struck Tehran, taking 17 lives and injuring sco

Sam Khanlari | June 20th, 2017

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