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

A letter to my son for Ramadan

Dear Imran, Assalam alaikum. For Ramadan, I wanted to send you an inspirational story about Prophet Noah. As I worked on

Aamir Siddiqui | June 11th, 2016

Crisis of Black Leadership in America

By: Manning Marable EDITOR’S NOTE: this essay was written on November 12, 2007 and is published posthumously here

The Islamic Monthly Editors | March 14th, 2013

Letter to Obama

[Headnote] The Muslim world is looking to Barack Obama for leadership on key issues

Arsalan Iftikhar | April 7th, 2009

My Ramadan Family Reunion

For many Muslims, time seems to fly only in the context of Ramadan. For the last few months, I’ve heard countless

Saadia Faruqi | July 15th, 2013

The Religion of Social Media: When Islam Meets the Web

The bare tree branches above Noha Elsayed make the sky look like shattered glass, and a quiet but strong stream of water

Zaina Salem | May 16th, 2016

Overheard Blogger

Are the Egyptian people angering American liberals? Jonathan Wright seems to think so. He blogs: “I doubt I&

The Islamic Monthly Staff | August 2nd, 2013

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

Pakistan’s Military

Analysts today are skeptical about the possibility that Pakistani political parties – which have done little to pr

Saeed Shafqat | June 17th, 2012

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