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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

Lies Your Colonizers Told You

My friend and I were already established bloggers when we decided to launch a faux Muslim advice website, piggybacking o

Haroon Moghul | June 18th, 2012

Guantánamo Detainees in a Progressive’s Paradise

A Curious Experiment in Uruguay MONTEVIDEO — In the top floor of a no-frills residential and commercial building,

Taylor Barnes | February 23rd, 2016

I’m Muslim, and I’m Tired of Proving My Humanity

BuzzFeed recently released a video that has racked up over 15 million views. 15 million views is a lot, it must be prett

Davide Mastracci | September 29th, 2015

Black, Muslim, American: Interview with Dr. Jamillah Karim

The Islamic Monthly: What shapes or has shaped the African American Muslim female experience the most in your opinion? J

The Islamic Monthly Editors | February 27th, 2013

Book Excerpt: Rethinking Political Islam

The following is an excerpt from Shadi Hamid and William McCants’ new book, Rethinking Political Islam, which was

The Islamic Monthly Staff | August 18th, 2017

Islamophobia and the Empty Promise of White Outreach

I’m all for reaching out to White people. To act as an ambassador for your people comes as second-nature to immigr

Hamza Syed | January 31st, 2017

Notes Towards An Incomplete Manifesto for Liberating the Muslim Mind

Imagine for a moment an alternative history. Imagine a world in which Muslim scholars never bothered to translate the Gr

Zaid Hassan | April 8th, 2013

Obama’s Legacy

In 2008, Barack Obama, then a senator from Illinois, rode a wave of hope and change into the White House. He was the fir

Khaled A. Beydoun | January 17th, 2017

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