The Islamic Monthly

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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

Christians and Muslims meet in a 3-day summit in Beirut

Christians and Muslims from around the world gathered in Beirut, Lebanon, for a summit to discuss peace and justice betw

timteam | June 28th, 2012

A Muslim at the RNC

The Republican National Convention is a crucial moment in every election cycle. The Convention, held in Cleveland this y

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 19th, 2016

Crisis of Black Leadership in America

By: Manning Marable EDITOR’S NOTE: this essay was written on November 12, 2007 and is published posthumously here

The Islamic Monthly Editors | March 14th, 2013

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

45 Watch: To Incompetence and Beyond

Almost 48 years ago, on July 21, 1969, Buzz Aldrin hopped off Eagle, the Apollo 11 space mission’s lunar landing m

Obaid H. Siddiqui | July 5th, 2017

And the Oscar Goes to…

Three Directors Who Blaze a Trail to the Academy Awards t’s that time of the year again. The time when the who&rsq

Yasmine Hassan | February 27th, 2014

Something Missing This Ramadan

Family reunions are amazing, especially those that involve several generations of family members. Reunions in Ramadan ar

Saadia Faruqi | July 23rd, 2013

Red, White and Muslim

The Judge Dismisses the NYPD case. Plaintiff Number 11 responds. arhaj Hassan, a decorated Iraq war veteran, signe

Yasmine Hassan | March 17th, 2014

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