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

The Wrath of Khan

Khizr Khan’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention shook up the evening perhaps like no other.

SpearIt | August 4th, 2016

Hebron: The city of Abraham, the Beloved

Abstract (Summary) [...] recently, Christiah pilgrims used to peel off pieces of bark for good luck. According to him,

Islamica | April 26th, 2005

I Really Need a (Super)Hero

“There’s no such thing as superheroes!” “There are too!” “Are not! At least not in r

Saadia Faruqi | February 4th, 2015

Deconstructing the Jihadist Mentality

THE ARAB SPRING IN THE MIDDLE East may not have a direct impact on you, me or the global Muslim community. But in time,

Azeem Ibrahim | June 17th, 2012

From Mecca to Selma

Shortly after arriving at New York’s Kennedy Airport on May 21, 1964, Malcolm X was greeted by the largest throng

Nicholas Patler | March 27th, 2017

Welfare, the R-Word, & the Future of Political Discourse

The discourse on balancing economic welfare and growth in the United States needs to evolve beyond its focal point on wh

Saad Ansari | December 6th, 2013

Defeating Hate?

Can Education Defeat Hate? Religion Courses Teach Youths to Respect All Faiths Caitlin Gillooly had a sense of sadness a

Linda K. Wertheimer | March 4th, 2016

ISLAM AND GLOBAL DIALOGUE: RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND THE PURSUIT OF PEACE

Abstract (Summary) Who is "more right", and whose "right" to practise their religion supercedes that of others? [...] h

Islamica | April 2nd, 2006

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