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

Reviving a Dying Art – And Empowering Women in the Process

The Embroidery of Asif Shaikh sif Shaikh sits behind his black granite table in his office in Ahmedabad, India, discussi

Salma Hasan Ali | April 24th, 2014

LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

Abstract (Summary) The actor/ director/writer of the movie Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World plays a comedian sent

Islamica | January 29th, 2006

IDEAS: A HISTORY OF THOUGHT AND INVENTION, FROM FIRE TO FREUD

Abstract (Summary) In such a context, it is exciting to welcome Peter Watson's Ideas, which sets as its goal nothing le

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

Beyond a Binary: Muslim-America More than “Indigenous and Immigrant”

Moving Beyond the Binary The July 14th White House Ramadan Iftar incited a heated debate among Muslim-Americans. T

Khaled A. Beydoun | July 23rd, 2014

The Lost Jihad: LOVE IN ISLAM

[Headnote] The many words and meanings for love in Arabic are reflective of Islam's comprehensiveness and depth

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

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

Better Living . . .

[Headnote] ... Through Plagiarism and Witticism

Haroon Moghul | November 29th, 2005

Love in the Time of Conflict

I don’t know where he is. If he’s alive or dead. On September 4, in our last conversation, my guide and my f

Farhana Qazi | September 10th, 2014

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