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

Underneath which rivers flow: The Symbolism of the Islamic Garden

Abstract (Summary) [...] the pre-Islamic Arabs considered the slightest indication of nature's greenness to be sacred.

Islamica | January 26th, 2005

Muslim…and Bipolar! Coping with Mental Illness today

In the summer of 1999, I took my shahada in a small, sunlit room in Illinois. I was 13 years old, and had spent the prio

Noura Rockwood | March 13th, 2013

No, American Muslims Are Not Security Agents

At the playground of a local Chick-fil-A in California, my 6-year-old daughter made friends with a cute blue-eyed, blond

Souheila Al-Jadda | October 12th, 2016

Female Imams in America

“There are no female imams in America,” said Dr. Ihsan Bagby, professor of Islamic Studies at the University

Rachel Fawcett | April 8th, 2013

The Future of Europe: IN ISLAM

[Headnote] Does the Pope's vision of the future of Europe include the full participation of the Muslim communities? And

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi and Islamic Spirituality

[Headnote] In ecstasy but with perfect control, the dervishes in their white tunics and tall felt hats spin round and ro

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Women of the Gaming World

The gaming world is unlike anything else on the planet. It is a place where people are accepted based on their street cr

Yasmine Hassan | November 11th, 2013

As a Muslim Woman, I Need You to Vote Hillary

The reports of the Trump campaign’s death are greatly exaggerated — a recent tracker poll has Donald Trump o

Ilhan Cagri | November 3rd, 2016

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