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

Sex in the Mosque

Let’s Talk about Sex(ED) Item #66 on a list of ways that mosques could better connect with Muslim youth: Sex Educa

Krystina Friedlander | February 26th, 2013

“History of Islam” exhibit in Indonesia charts the Islamic empire in maps

Giovanni de Agostini Jr., a descendent of famous Italian cartographers, addressed Indonesian university students at an e

timteam | June 28th, 2012

Yes he did, but what will he do now?

Abstract (Summary) Dosing Guantanamo Bay, dispatching experienced envoys to the Middle East and Afghanistan, opening ch

Islamica | April 8th, 2009

Illegal — The story of a young African immigrant in Europe

Young Ahmedu landed in Sicily in the last wintery days of 2014. He was following a long and illustrious list of names of

Akbar Ahmed | February 20th, 2015

AL JAZEERA and the information warfare

[Headnote] Launched just 10 years ago, Al Jazeera has become a big name in broadcasting, competing with the best. But ca

Islamica | October 4th, 2007

Deciphering Islamophobia in Brazil

BRAZIL—Thirty-three-year-old Luciana Velloso was walking down the sidewalk in the Brazilian city of Curitiba on No

Catherine Osborn | April 13th, 2016

The Education of the Heart

[Headnote] Liberating our Capacity to See and Act By JEREMY HENZELL-THOMAS

Islamica | August 4th, 2006

Pakistan elections are over: what’s next?

When polls closed on Pakistan’s historic elections this past Saturday, social media posts of political pundits and

Lael Mohib | May 15th, 2013

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