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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

Do you agree with President Obama’s decision to send U.S. boots on the ground in Syria?

President Barack Obama has approved sending special forces units into Syria to help fight the Islamic State (IS) group.

The Islamic Monthly Staff | November 2nd, 2015

Busboys and Poets: Restaurant meets Social Enterprise

The undercurrent of responsibility to one’s local community pretty much sums up the mission of a social enterprise

Mehrunisa Qayyum | April 8th, 2013

The Determined Marathoner

This is a story of Helene Newberg, an Arlington, MA resident who heard devastating news on Boston’s Marathon Monda

The Islamic Monthly Staff | April 19th, 2014

Islamophobia and the Empty Promise of White Outreach

I’m all for reaching out to White people. To act as an ambassador for your people comes as second-nature to immigr

Hamza Syed | January 31st, 2017

Carnival of Caricatures

[Headnote] The Deadly Politics of Humour Flemming Rose of the now infamous Jyllands-Posten argued that any offense cause

Islamica | April 2nd, 2006

A Stagnating European Union

The idea of the European Community was born in a post-World War II era when nations were reconstructing and modernizing

Azeem Ibrahim | June 18th, 2012

Three Evangelicals Walk into a Muslim Convention

By Kevin Singer, Chris Stackaruk, and Usra Ghazi This wasn’t the first time Evangelical leaders participated in th

Usra Ghazi | September 19th, 2018

Be Very Afraid of Arab Democracy

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Haroon Moghul | June 17th, 2012

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