The Islamic Monthly

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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

in memoriam: NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

Abstract (Summary) Mahfouz, already recognized in Egypt as one of the Arab world's finest writers, was the first Arab t

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

New Atheism, Islam and War

In his masterful recent work, The Experience of God, Orthodox Christian theologian David Bentley Hart writes, “As

Murtaza Hussain | April 15th, 2015

The 2064 Respite Mosque

What will a mosque in America look like in 50 years? TIM asks in the timovation challenge. Original contest p

Imran Sayeed | September 17th, 2014

Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous

Apparently, we currently live in a “post-racial” America where a prominent national television news anchor c

Arsalan Iftikhar | January 12th, 2015

Behind the Scenes with Faran Tahir

In rare access, Faran Tahir goes behind the scenes with cameras at his latest performance at the Shakespeare Theatre. Fa

The Islamic Monthly Staff | March 29th, 2016

Understanding Ismaili Muslim Theology and Practice

This is part two of a three-part series on Ismaili Muslims. Read part one here, “A Brief History of Ismaili Muslim

Khalil Andani | July 11th, 2017

THE ART OF THE ISLAMIC GARDEN

Abstract (Summary) ART/ARCHITECTURE THE ART OF THE ISLAMIC GARDEN By Emma Clark Crowood Press, 2004 208 pages, 1861 266

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

Ned Price: Mosque Speech Reflects Obama’s Plans for Final Year

President Barack Obama’s visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore last week sparked a lot of commentary and discu

The Islamic Monthly Staff | February 8th, 2016

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