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

THE APARTHEID WALL: “More land, less Arabs”

[Headnote] The Apartheid Wall being built by the Israeli government is wrecking the lives of Palestinians throughout the

Islamica | January 26th, 2005

Israeli Occupation is Destroying Palestinian Labor

Imperialism, as synthesized by Vladimir Lenin, is the stage of capitalism where finance-capital — the control of i

Lina Assi | June 19th, 2017

Has the New Beginning Begun?

Less than 18 months after U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic speech at Cairo University pushed his popularity

Shamil Idriss | June 15th, 2012

The Effect of “Islam” on the American Political Landscape

On February 3, 2016, Barack Obama finally made his first and only official visit to a mosque in the United States during

Asma Afsaruddin | November 6th, 2016

45 Watch: The Descent into Chaos

According to chaos theory, uncertainty increases exponentially the further in time one tries to forecast an action or be

Obaid H. Siddiqui | May 12th, 2017

COMPREHENDING CATASTROPHE

[Headnote] The worst of the devastation seen in New Orleans is ultimately man-made and springs from our skewed prioritie

Islamica | January 29th, 2006

I am a Muslim But I Don’t Feel Like a Very Good One

Ramadan comes every year in wonder, without fail. I know it will come. I know it is coming. It has now ended. But what s

Rana Alrabi | August 7th, 2013

The Prayer of the American Muslim

“Please, God, don’t let them be Muslims.” This is the prayer of the American Muslim in 2015. The praye

Zeinab Chami | December 3rd, 2015

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