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

Embracing Apostasy

Growing up in an interracial household during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s in Crown Heights Brooklyn left me with

Kevin James | February 14th, 2017

An Unlikely Ambassador: Todd Shea finds purpose after September 11th

I was staying at a hotel in Queens, and woke up to a phone call from my manager Al Sirowitz. His call was expected; we w

Salma Hasan Ali | June 17th, 2012

From Protest to Engagement

[Headnote] A few good words go a long may

Islamica | February 4th, 2007

Locking People in Cages

Why Muslims Need to Act on Mass Incarceration, Detention, and Deportation aleed: I recently attended a workshop i

The Islamic Monthly Staff | January 31st, 2014

MY YEAR INSIDE RADICAL ISLAM: A MEMOIR

Abstract (Summary) A MEMOIR By DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS [Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 293 pages, 2007] WHEN John Walker Li

Islamica | February 4th, 2007

45 Watch: The Dark Princes Rise

“I have the power,” screams an excessively orange-skinned man with a ridiculous haircut, his voice echoing a

Obaid H. Siddiqui | August 16th, 2017

The Muslim Cowboy Finds a Way

Ray Allen is an urban cowboy from Texas searching for answers about his new faith, Islam. This summer, Ray found a home

Farhana Qazi | December 9th, 2013

Muslim Citizenship in the Context of the “War on Terrorism”

Cooperate in Furtherance of Righteousness and Godliness, not in Sin and Aggression: The year 2010 may very well go down

Mohammad Fadel | June 15th, 2012

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