The Islamic Monthly

AN AWARD-WINNING, NONRELIGIOUS
CURRENT AFFAIRS PLATFORM

2016 Silver Award of Distinction
The Communicator Awards
Finalist - The imagination awards
the association of magazine media
Best in industry, three years in row
new media industry
2017 Silver Award of Distinction
The Communicator Awards

Welcome to The Islamic Monthly's website!

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 Parodies of ISIS

It is a persistent perception – which, unfortuntely, has become reality – that the larger Muslim community a

Hesham Hassaballa | February 8th, 2015

Obama’s Enduring Foreign Policy Legacy

President Barack Obama entered office with a promise to avoid “stupid wars.” Through that phrase, he conveye

Ehsan Ahrari | January 30th, 2016

Photos from the Ground – Gaza – July 22 2014

Following the bloodiest day during this operation since 2009, Palestinian death toll rose to more than 580. Israel

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 22nd, 2014

Islam: Theory and Practice

Muslims, when confronted with instances of disorder, backwardness and even violence, often reply that these actions are

Mohammad Fadel | March 12th, 2013

Western Muslims: Belonging to the Narrative

Western Muslims: Belonging to the Narrative An interview with Tariq Ramadan. Interviewed by Hasan Azad. Hasan Azad

Hasan Azad | April 15th, 2015

The Story Behind ‘She Who Tells a Story’

An interview with curator Kristen Gresh The Middle East has never been a simple region. Its complexity and diversity mak

The Islamic Monthly Editors | April 3rd, 2016

21st Century Slaves

[Headnote] A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt

Islamica | February 4th, 2007

Democracy and Dissent in Iran

Political judgment day in Iran is fast approaching, and word on the street is that the mud-slinging between sitting cent

Shenaz Kermalli | May 19th, 2017

Tim Media

The Virginia House Delegate

Amina Chaudary

COLUMNISTS

Comments

Popular on TIM

“A Tiny Cut”: Female Circumcision in South East Asia

A Brief History of Ismaili Muslims

An Interfaith Trojan Horse: Faithwashing Apartheid and Occupation

A Ketogenic Ramadan Experiment

Understanding Ismaili Muslim Theology and Practice

Sex, Lies and Crime: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

THE MAGAZINE

Featured From Print

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...

SEE FULL PRINT ISSUE CONTENTS SEE PREVIOUS ISSUE

PURCHASE A COPY