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

How to Build a Mosque in America and Watch it Burn to the Ground: Lake Travis, Texas Edition

By Ashraf Hossain, as told to TIM Editors. I could not believe it when I received a text message on the morning o

The Islamic Monthly Staff | January 18th, 2017

TO BE A MUSLIM

Abstract (Summary) RELIGION TO BE A MUSLIM Islam, Peace and Democracy by HRH Prince Hassan bin TaIaI Sussex Academic Pr

Islamica | April 26th, 2005

Media in USA changing coverage because of social media? is it enough?

Is mainstream American media changing its coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a result of social media and c

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 22nd, 2014

Welcome to Wonderland

Visiting Kashmir was like slipping down the rabbit hole. Like Alice, who was surprised by talking birds and beasts in Wo

Farhana Qazi | March 3rd, 2014

Qandeel Baloch, Angelina Jolie, and the Cattiness of (Muslim) Women

The murder of provocative and seductive Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, killed by her brother in an “h

Nadya T. | July 17th, 2016

Photo of the day – Gaza July 30 2014

Current death toll tops 1300. Israeli airstrikes today hit a second school housing refugees.

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 30th, 2014

Waiting for the War to End

The charred remains of a truck still lie at the side of a road leading to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. They were ther

Chris Sands | September 17th, 2014

Happy Someone Else’s New Year

Entirely unscientifically, and heavily skewed towards recently, I share end-of-year moments from American Islam, hints a

Haroon Moghul | December 30th, 2013

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