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

10 in 10

Who will be the face of American Islam in the coming years? We profile ten leaders in the American Muslim community. Rel

timteam | June 18th, 2012

Clinton had outweighed Trump with public and celebrity endorsements

Donald Trump is now the President-Elect of the United States of America. The election outcome shocked people around

The Islamic Monthly Editors | November 10th, 2016

Photos from the Ground – Peshawar, Pakistan

A school in Pakistan was stormed by Taliban gunman today, killed over 140 students and injuring many more. Early r

The Islamic Monthly Staff | December 16th, 2014

STANDING ALONE IN MECCA: ONE WOMAN’S STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF ISLAM

Abstract (Summary) While personally I am ill at ease with the ideologies of radical feminism, in part because they pois

Islamica | January 1st, 2006

On the Politics of Acceptance: Why I Refuse to Make You Comfortable

As an unpaid intern, most of my time spent at the office is routine: I document e-mails, answer and make phone calls, dr

Zainab Khan | November 20th, 2013

Making Media

Abstract (Summary) Today, despite almost daily coverage of Muslims and the Middle East, English-language media broadcas

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

CHAIN OF COMMAND The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

Abstract (Summary) A term which once meant journalism (and journalists) that would stop at nothing in order to unearth

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

From the U.S. to Tahrir

The long arc of jihadi activism may be coming to an end. Twenty years of terrorism that reached a crescendo on 9/11 may

Mark Juergensmeyer | June 18th, 2012

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