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

Muslim Institution Stakeholders Should Work With LGBT Muslims

Popular Muslim scholars support the death punishment for homosexuality under Islamic law. Noted Muslim academics claim t

Junaid Jahangir | May 17th, 2017

Boston Bombing Hearing: Live updates

Amina Chaudary, The Islamic Monthly’s Editor in Chief, is reporting live from the Moakley Courthouse in Boston, wh

Editor in Chief - A.C. | July 10th, 2013

WAITING FOR OBAMA

[Headnote] Now that Obama is safely at the White House, the world will be watching as he tries to fulfill his promises a

Islamica | April 8th, 2009

Dear Muslim America, Make no Mistake, You are Still a Tool

In a well-meaning essay published recently by the New York Times, the author makes the claim that Muslim Americans have

S. F. Clemons | November 4th, 2016

US Election Perspective Series: A Snapshot of Election Day and the Work Needed After

I worked for the Bernie Sanders campaign from June 2015 until the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsy

Nida Allam | November 7th, 2016

Meet the New Ms. Marvel

Kamala Khan is a first-generation American-Muslim. Her parents are immigrants from Pakistan. She’s a sixteen-year

The Islamic Monthly Staff | November 6th, 2013

Interview: Desmond Tutu

Introduction Last summer, I had the rare and distinct privilege to attend a meeting of The Elders in Johannesburg, South

Editor in Chief - A.C. | June 17th, 2012

Fred Korematsu: An unsung “Muslim-American” Civil Rights Hero

Fred Korematsu. A name more foreign than familiar to Muslim Americans. Born in Oakland, California on Januar

Khaled A. Beydoun | February 2nd, 2015

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I Was Housed, Fed, Loved and Saved in Syria By the Refugees

By: Mai Nguyen-Phuong-Mai

One-way ticket to hell I woke up to a crumpled piece of paper someone had placed next to my head on the pillow. Tiptoeing to the bathroom and using my mobile phone as a torch, I tried to read the shred of paper that looked like it had been torn hurri...

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