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

FOREIGN OCCUPATION: ISLAMIC SYMBOLISM IN MALAYSIA

[Headnote] While Malaysia is experiencing tremendous economic growth, so too is the construction of Islamic symbols such

Islamica | January 29th, 2006

The Right Way to Resolve the Terrorism Double Standard

A lot of Muslims are happy and relieved to hear that the White supremacist James Jackson, who killed a 66-year-old Black

Steven Zhou | March 31st, 2017

Elegy for an Iraq that was

[Headnote] The invasion of Iraq heralded uncalculable loss and devastation to a nation. RANA KABBANI recalls memories of

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

Laid To Rest: Powerful Images by Friend and Family from The Burial in Chapel Hill

Images taken by friends and family who attended, prayed, and buried these three young, talented, beautiful Americans. &n

The Islamic Monthly Staff | February 12th, 2015

Rethinking Political Islam in the 21st Century

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants In the early 1990s, a new debate around the role of Islam and politics — and mo

The Islamic Monthly Staff | August 14th, 2017

Living With the Chechens

In 2001-2002, I lived in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was a decade after independence. My part of town was colored by

Deonna Kelli | April 21st, 2013

10 in 10

Who will be the face of American Islam in the coming years? We profile ten leaders in the American Muslim community. Rel

timteam | June 18th, 2012

THE RICHEST PLACE ON EARTH

Abstract (Summary) Selemani cupped his hands over his eyes and peered through the dust-mottled windows and saw blue vin

Islamica | April 8th, 2009

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