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

Liberalism and the American Muslim Predicament

In his provocative book, White, Richard Dyer observes that the real power of American whiteness lay in its effective inv

Sherman Jackson | June 27th, 2015

Ben Carson: Islamophobe Extraordinaire

Recent statements by Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson offer another glimpse of Islamophobia in America. Coming

SpearIt | September 23rd, 2015

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

IRAQ: THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

Abstract (Summary) Within the cauldron of emotions about to boil over: grief, fear, rage, helplessness and horror; ther

Islamica | January 24th, 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

The Intolerable Possibility of Slavery: A Muslim Perspective

Many Muslims are talking about slavery today. Thanks to the so-called Islamic State, Muslims and the public more general

Michael Vicente Perez | September 4th, 2015

Why I Get My News from Daily Show

[Headnote] It Takes a Comedian to tell the Truth By FIRAS AHMAD

Islamica | October 4th, 2006

Do We Really Need Another AIPAC?

[Headnote] Strengthening Democracy

Islamica | July 2nd, 2006

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